Two days after Bengaluru witnessed a partial shutdown over the Cauvery river water dispute with Tamil Nadu, a state-wide bandh has been referred to as in Karnataka on Friday. The bandh, referred to as by the ‘Kannada Okkuta’ – a blanket organisation of pro-Kannada teams – might be in impact for 12 hours ranging from 6 am to six pm. (CHECK LIVE UPDATES HERE)

Here are the most recent updates on Karnata bandh:

1. The pro-Kannada group and farmers’ organisations have referred to as for a state-wide bandh to protest towards the discharge of Cauvery river water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. In view of this, the Karnataka Police has deployed additional drive throughout the state to sort out the state of affairs and keep away from any regulation and order points.
2. The protesters are set to take out an enormous protest procession from Town Hall to Freedom Park in Bengaluru, amongst different locations within the state. Earlier on Monday, a pro-Kannada group ‘Kanadda Chaluvali’ – led by Vatal Nagaraj – stood resolute of their name for a statewide bandh and threatened to dam nationwide highways and airports. “We will protest in front of the Raj Bhavan,” Nagaraj added.
3. In view of the state-wide shutdown, prohibitory orders underneath Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been imposed in Karnataka’s Mandya district.
4. The Bengaluru administration has declared a vacation for all academic establishments within the metropolis for the day. “As Karnataka bandh has been declared by various organisations, a holiday has been declared for all schools and colleges in Bengaluru city in the interest of students,” stated KA Dayananda, Bengaluru metropolis district deputy commissioner.
5. According to stories, autorickshaws and hail-riders associations in Karnataka are additionally supporting the bandh. “Autorickshaw Drivers’ Union and Ola Uber Drivers and Owners’ Association (OUDOA) are supporting the bandh. We will take out a rally from Nayandahalli to the Freedom Park,” its president Tanveer Pasha advised the information company PTI.
6. Services more likely to be closed: All academic establishments, non-public cab providers, procuring malls, and film theatres.
7. Services that might be useful: All KSRTC, BMTC, and different public transport providers, banks, and emergency providers like ambulances, pharma automobiles, hospitals, and medical shops.
8. The opposition BJP and JD(S) have additionally prolonged their help to the bandh.
9. On Thursday, members of ‘Karnataka Rakshana Vedike Swabhimani Sene’ interrupted actor Siddharth’s press convention who was selling his upcoming movie ‘Chikku’ in Bengaluru, and demanded he depart the venue, saying, “it is not an appropriate time for him to do that as Tamil Nadu was demanding Cauvery River water from Karnataka.”
10. A bunch of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) activists additionally held an enormous protest in Bengaluru on Thursday towards the state MPs and the Siddaramaiah authorities over the Cauvery river water situation. The protesters have been heard shouting slogans like ‘Cauvery is ours’.

What is the Cauvery river water situation?

The Cauvery river water dispute between the 2 southern states – Tamil Nadu and Karnataka – has been happening for many years. The situation flared up not too long ago after an order from the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) asking Karnataka to launch 5000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days.

According to the Karnataka authorities, they’re in no place to launch the water for the reason that decrease rainfall within the Cauvery catchment space, together with areas in Kerala, resulted in inadequate influx into its reservoirs. However, the Tamil Nadu authorities is saying that the river is a shared useful resource and it can’t be disadvantaged of its share.

Notably, the Cauvery river originates within the Karnataka area of Talakaveri and flows by way of Tamil Nadu earlier than getting into the Bay of Bengal.