“The situation that has emerged in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, as a fallout of the issue of distribution of the waters of the Cauvery River, is distressful”, he said.
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One protester was killed on Monday after police fired on a mob trying to torch a police auto, a senior officer said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to a preliminary hearing on the ongoing protests against the court’s verdict on the Cauvery water sharing dispute. In wake of such protests, Bengaluru police on Tuesday enacted a high vigil on the streets while deploying armed forces at the vantage points of the Silicon Valley. A man also died Tuesday of injuries he suffered while trying to escape baton-wielding police the day before, officials said.
On 9 September, Siddaramaiah, wrote to Modi on 9 September, urging him to convene a meeting of chief ministers of both the states.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had directed the state to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water for 10 days to help Tamil Nadu farmers to sow seeds for the next crop.
A day after being rocked by large-scale violence, the city appeared to limp back to normal today with sporadic protests, even as the Karnataka government chose to comply with the Supreme Court’s modified order to release 12,000 cusecs of water Tamil Nadu till September 20.
In view of the brewing tension, inter-state buses with Tamil Nadu registration suspended services to the neighbouring state.
“A grave injustice is being done to us as the state is forced to release more water for growing crops in Tamil Nadu when we don’t have sufficient water for even drinking because of deficit rains”, Pravish Shetty, who heads a group campaigning for the rights of Karnataka people, told local TV.
Naidu said the apex court has given an order on the issue and the leadership of both the states should find a way out to deal with it.
Police arrested almost 400 people for looting and vandalism in India’s information technology hub of Bangalore after a curfew was imposed to quell violence set off by a court ruling over a disputed water source, a police officer said Tuesday.
A source familiar with the situation said outsourcing giants had closed on Tuesday because not all staff could work from home.
PM Modi said he was “personally pained at the developments”.
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Top police officer N.S. Megarikh said there has been no major incident after the imposition of curfew in parts of the city on Monday night. But trains and flights are operating to Chennai and other cities in Tamil Nadu. Metro Rail services have been temporarily stopped.
