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Cauvery row: Normalcy returns to Bengaluru, partial curfew in force

In Tamil Nadu, restaurants owned by Kannadigas and vehicles bearing Karnataka registration were attacked by fringe outfits in some places yesterday.

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“Security remains tight across the city to prevent any mischief by protestors, miscreants or anti-social elements”, said Megharikh.

With buses, taxis, autos and metro rail returning to the roads, thousands commuted to offices and workplaces in and around the city.

“The city is back to normalcy, with shops, hotels, offices and private establishments opening in all areas except in northwest and southwest suburbs where curfew is in force till Thursday for maintaining law and order”, a top police officer said.

Passengers going to or alighting at railway junctions and bus terminals in the city and the airport on the outskirts are able to get transport as trains, inter-state buses and flights are operating on schedule.

Most schools and colleges, however, declared a holiday for either Onam festival or as a precaution.

However that has been revised by apex court asking for the Siddaramiah government in Karnataka to release 12000 cusecs and not 15000 cusecs, as ordered earlier, the violence continued, a Indian Express report.

He also flayed Mr. Siddaramaiah for requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the dispute.

A day after being rocked by large-scale violence, Bengaluru appeared to limp back to normalcy today with sporadic protests, even as the Karnataka government made a decision to comply with the Supreme Court’s modified order to release 12,000 cusecs of water Tamil Nadu till September 20.

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As Bengaluru and other districts showed signs of limping back to normalcy, the state chose to obey the SC’s modified order asking it to release 12,000 cusecs of water to TN till September 20. Find us on Facebook too!

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