A police man charges a miscreant riding motorcycle during prohibitory order at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru.
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Bengaluru began crawling back to normalcy on Wednesday with a few schools and colleges opening in some parts of the city and state road transport and city buses commencing operations amid an uneasy calm while curfew remained in force in 16 localities. Schools were directed to open on Wednesday but many said they would do so only if the police gave protection.
After violent protests against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru is limping back to normalcy.
The order prohibiting the assembly of more than five persons, however, continues across the city.
Karnataka in particular witnessed severe violence on Monday and protestors indulged in arson which caused the state’s exchequer a loss of almost Rs 25,000 crores.
The violence had also erupted within hours after the Supreme Court modified its September 5 order and asked Karnataka to release a reduced quantum of 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu till September 20.
Trucks with Tamil Nadu registration number plate were either stoned or set on fire also in Mandya, Mysuru, Chitradurga and Dharwad districts as Kannada activists gave vent to their anger over attacks on state vehicles and property of Kannadigas in the neighbouring state and also against the apex court’s modified order.
One person had died in police firing while another succumbed to injuries he suffered while escaping police lathicharge when he jumped in panic from a three-storey building.
No major untoward incidents have been reported from other parts of the state.
On 9 September, Siddaramaiah, wrote to Modi on 9 September, urging him to convene a meeting of chief ministers of both the states.
Karnataka government had on Tuesday made a decision to obey the Supreme Court’s modified order asking it to release 12,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till 20 September and warned that those indulging in violence during protests against release of water will be dealt with an “iron-hand”.
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The incidents of rioting and arson across Karnataka has reportedly caused losses of almost Rs 25,000 crore according to trade body ASSOCHAM.
