Bengaluru bandh: Who is protesting and why? What's closed and what's open
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Who is protesting and why?
Farmer bodies, Kannada organisations, and opposition parties have called for a 'Bandh' today in the city to protest against the order of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directing the state to release 5000 cusecs of water to its neighbouring state, Tamil Nadu, for 15 days, effective September 13.
Protests have been planned at Freedom Park, Raj Bhawan, and Town Hall by pro-Kannada organisations. However, the Police Commissioner warned that protests would only be allowed in Freedom Park.
All political parties extend support
Speaking on the bandh, BJP leader C T Ravi said, «Our State Party Chief and BS Yediyurappa declared support.
We will support it and with it, we will also protest in front of the Gandhi statue.»
Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) MP HD Deve Gowda on Monday, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requested a team of experts to study the water and standing crop situation in Karnataka.
“I have made an appeal to the PM about the prevailing situation. In my letter to the PM, I wrote that the Jal Shakti department should file a review petition and a committee of experts should be sent to Karnataka to study the water and standing crop situation.
I requested the same to the Vice President of the country,” the ex-PM said in a joint press briefing with JD(S) leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy.
Restrictions
To maintain law and order, the Bengaluru Police has imposed Section 144 that prohibits gatherings of more than five people at one place. Police personnel have reportedly been deployed in Bengaluru's Cottonpete to maintain law and order.
