All metro and bus services were suspended while schools were asked to shut down.
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Curfew was lifted in all the 16 police station limits of Bengaluru city from 9 a.m. today. Schools were directed to open on Wednesday but many said they would do so only if the police gave protection.
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”.
Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara said the government did not expect the protest to go to this extent.
Partial curfew was enforced three days since Tuesday after violence erupted on Monday in which one person was killed in police firing and 78 vehicles, including trucks and buses, were burnt across the city.
As the country’s IT capital and other affected districts showed signs of limping back to normalcy, Karnataka government chose to obey the Supreme Court’s modified order asking it to release 12,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till September 20 and warned of dealing with violence during protests against it with an “iron hand”. Shops and street kiosks have also reopened.
Normalcy returned to Bengaluru after a period of uneasy calm.
Meanwhile, the security forces conducted a flag march in Kamakshipalya area where curfew has been imposed. Police have rounded up close to 400 people in different parts of Bengaluru and across the state.
Further the petitioner also sought the court’s direction to both states to act against all those people who have indulged in violence.
“With widespread damage to vital urban infrastructure, interruption in the transport including, roads, rail and air and inability of the workforce to safely move to and from offices and factories, Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru city, is estimated to have suffered a loss between Rs 22,000-25,000 crore due to Cauvery dispute related violence”, Assocham said.
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Siddaramaiah has sought appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek his intervention to bail out the state from the present crisis as the storage position in reservoirs is poor.
