The Bengaluru police are on excessive alert and taking all sufficient safety steps to keep away from any untoward incident

Speaking on at this time’s bandh, Kuruburu Shanthakumar farmer chief of Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti mentioned, “We will are available in a protest to Bengaluru’s Freedom Park and stage an indication there with our calls for. The state authorities, the chief minister, should obtain our memorandum. If there isn’t any correct response to our protest from the federal government, we are going to determine on our additional plan of action,” as quoted by PTI. He has additionally referred to as for a peaceable bandh and has additionally appealed to the police to take sufficient measures to make sure there are not any untoward incidents.

While talking to information company ANI, DCP central Bengaluru Shekar T Tekkannavar mentioned, “…We have made adequate bandobast…as per the order of the commissioner, no protest or procession is allowed…traffic is normal”

Calls for protests over a longstanding river water sharing dispute between two south Indian states have pressured international companies together with Walmart and Alphabet’s Google to ask workers in Bengaluru to do business from home on Tuesday. Internal memos seen by Reuters confirmed multinational companies equivalent to Google, Walmart, IBM and Accenture have suggested workers to do business from home and keep away from any non-essential commuting throughout Tuesday’s strike.

Bengaluru hosts greater than 3,500 tech firms and a few 79 “tech parks” – upmarket premises that home places of work and leisure areas catering to know-how staff. Many firms have requested workers to return to workplace or adopted a hybrid working mannequin after the pandemic shutdowns.

-Schools, schools to stay shut at this time.

-The Kannada movie business has proven solidarity with the bandh and film theatres within the metropolis are anticipated to stay closed.

-KSRTC buses

-Airport taxi companies are more likely to be impacted.

-Uber, Ola drivers would keep off the roads at this time in solidarity with the protest. 

-Essential companies equivalent to hospitals, nursing properties, pharmacies and authorities places of work will stay open.

-According to BMTC, all routes of Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation will likely be operational as normal.

-Airport taxi companies are more likely to be impacted, however Namma Metro companies will proceed to function as normal by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).

Amid ongoing protests throughout Karnataka towards releasing Cauvery river water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, two bandhs have been referred to as this week – one in Bengaluru at this time whereas a statewide bandh on Friday i.e. on 29 September.

Amid Bengaluru bandh at this time, the Bengaluru airport has requested passengers plan their journey to the airport accordingly

Less variety of passengers seen at Majestic Bus Station, Bengaluru due to the Bandh referred to as by varied organizations relating to the Cauvery water subject

According to BMTC, all routes of Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation will likely be operational as normal, information company ANI has reported

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday mentioned his authorities won’t curtail the “Bengaluru bandh” called by some farmers’ organisations on Tuesday as protests over the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu have intensified. The directive from the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) instructed Karnataka to extend the release of 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for an additional 15 days. Read extra right here

Another bandh on September 29 was introduced on Monday, below the banner Kannada Okkuta led by Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj.

The Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers’ Association urged the state authorities to take acceptable measures by the Centre to ban Tuesday’s protests in Karnataka towards the discharge of Cauvery water to TN.

The affiliation normal secretary P R Pandian, accompanied by few supporters, staged a sudden protest on Monday condemning the neighbouring state for not releasing the water. Holding the nationwide flag, Pandian mentioned the Karnataka authorities’s stance and the proposed bandh tomorrow towards releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, is ‘reprehensible.’

Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) MP HD Deve Gowda on Monday in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested for a group of consultants to review the water and standing crop state of affairs in Karnataka.

“I’ve made an attraction to the PM on the prevailing state of affairs. In my letter to the PM, I wrote that the Jal Shakti division ought to file a evaluate petition and a committee of consultants ought to be despatched to Karnataka to review the water and standing crop state of affairs. I requested the identical to the Vice President of the nation,” the ex-PM said in a joint press briefing with JD(S) leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy.

The JD(S) supremo further said that his party is here ‘to save the people’ of the state.

“I don’t want to speak on alliance and other issues at present. I’m only speaking pertaining to Cauvery. I don’t want to say anything related to bandh called tomorrow. I’m alive not for politics or power. We are here to save the people of the state. My party exists for this. I was crying when I was speaking in parliament about Cauvery,” he added.

The Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti, an umbrella outfit of farmers’ associations and different organisations led by farmer chief Kuruburu Shanthakumar had given the decision for at this time’s Bengaluru bandh. 

Bengaluru is anticipated to see an entire shutdown at this time as farmer our bodies, Kannada organisations and opposition events have referred to as for a ‘Bandh’ within the metropolis to protest towards the order of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directing the state to launch 5000 cusecs of water to its neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, for 15 days, efficient from September 13.

Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief CT Ravi on Monday mentioned that his social gathering will assist the Bengaluru Bandh, referred to as Tuesday to protest towards the discharge of Cauvery water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

“Today our state party chief and BS Yediyurappa declared support. We will support it and with it, we’ll also protest in front of the Gandhi statue,” CT Ravi informed ANI.

Bengaluru Bandh protest at this time, September 26, is a response to the Karnataka authorities’s determination to allocate Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) just lately instructed Karnataka to proceed releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for a further 15 days, following a advice by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), reported Times Now. Read more here

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday mentioned his authorities won’t curtail “Bengaluru bandh” referred to as by some farmers’ organisations on Tuesday as protests over the discharge of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu has intensified. However, Siddaramaiah underlined the significance of upkeep of peace, reported PTI.