BENGALURU, India, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Police detained protesters on Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru after one tried to commit suicide and one other was injured whereas demonstrating in opposition to the sharing of water from a river that flows by way of two states, media and officers mentioned.

Farmers’ teams referred to as the protest, which compelled workers of multinationals comparable to Walmart (WMT.N) and Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) to do business from home.

At one protest web site referred to as Freedom Park, a demonstrator tried to commit suicide whereas one other farmer was injured, a home information channel mentioned, with police detaining others.

Earlier, a senior police officer, Okay. Santosh Babu, mentioned emergency orders had been imposed.

Schools and faculties had been shut within the capital of the southern state of Karnataka, residence to greater than 3,500 tech firms.

Some farmers vowed to maintain up the protests and widen them throughout the state this week, nevertheless.

“I can shed my blood but I don’t want to give water to Tamil Nadu,” mentioned one protester, Ravi Mallikarjuna.

Farmers and politicians from Karnataka and the adjoining state of Tamil Nadu have been locked for many years in a authorized dispute over sharing the waters of the Cauvery river.

The Supreme Court not too long ago ordered the discharge of water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu for 15 days from Sept. 13, however state officers mentioned they might not comply as they needed to first fill the wants of households and farmers within the state.

The deputy chief minister, D.Okay. Shivakumar, mentioned Karnataka would wrestle to launch wherever close to the amount of water sought by Tamil Nadu, or 12,500 cusecs (354,000 litres).

“We are in a situation where we cannot even release 5,000 cusecs daily (142,000 litres),” he added.

The delay provoked small demonstrations close to a railway station in Tamil Nadu.

The Cauvery river originates within the Karnataka area of Talakaveri, flowing by way of Tamil Nadu into the Bay of Bengal.

Some environmentalists have referred to as for an audit of the river to assist finish the dispute, amid water shortage in each states introduced by altering patterns of rainfall.

“The judiciary should have asked for a fresh audit of the river instead of dictating terms to the Karnataka government,” mentioned T. V. Ramachandra, of the Centre for Ecological Sciences on the Indian Institute of Science.

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