This was hours after a Kannadiga-run restaurant was attacked in Chennai and Karnataka registration buses faced the brunt of a raging dispute over the water sharing issue. Various cities in both states faced violent attacks.
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The Cauvery Supervisory Committee, meanwhile, at its meeting in Delhi failed to arrive at a decision on quantum of Cauvery river water to be released to Tamil Nadu and other states in furtherance of the Supreme Court order and chose to meet again on September 19.
The full statement can be read in Tamil language in the below link.
“We expect the inhabitants of both the states, namely, the state of Karnataka and state of Tamil Nadu, shall behave regard being had to the respect for law and order and the executive of both the states are under the constitutional obligation to see that the law and order prevails”, it said. Several vehicles with Tamil Nadu registration number plate were damaged on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, police said. Offices were closed and shop owners pulled down shutters as groups of young men wandered the streets attacking properties owned by people from Tamil Nadu.
Protesters also blocked vehicles at the state border, which led to a spike in the prices of vegetables and essential commodities in Tamil Nadu, especially tomatoes and onions that come from Karnataka.
Four people have been detained after a Karnataka-based restaurant New Woodlands Hotel located in Chennai’s Mylapore area was attacked with petrol bombs around 3:45 a.m. on Monday, a day after a video showing a Tamil Nadu youth being assaulted by a group of boys in Karnataka went viral on social media.
Parameshwara said police forces had been deployed in areas where Tamils live in large numbers in Bengaluru and elsewhere in Karnataka.
Last week, the court ordered that the state release 15,000 cusecs a day for 10 days (till 16 September). She also maintained that protests by some sections in Tamil Nadu had been “peaceful and lawful”.
This was a modification of its own September 5 order when the apex court had directed release of 15,000 cusecs for 10 days to better the plight of farmers of the neighbouring state.
Though police initially resorted to caning and lobbing tear gas shells to prevent the enraged mob of about 50 people from becoming violent, 12 rounds were fired by a platoon of the Karnataka State Reserved Police to disperse it from the troubled spot.
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Meanwhile, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state has got assurance from his Karnataka counterpart regarding safety of Kerala buses. The order had triggered strong protests from farmers and pro-Kannada outfits.
