'Complete Bengaluru Bandh': What's closed, what's open? Here is all you should know
Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, several pro-farmer and pro-Kannada organisations have called for a complete 'Bengaluru bandh' tomorrow (September 26).
The discontent over the government's move has prompted widespread participation in this city-wide protest. Local transport organizations have joined in solidarity with the ongoing agitation, further intensifying the expected impact on normal life in the nation's prominent IT hub.
The bandh, scheduled for Tuesday, is anticipated to disrupt daily activities across the city.
Here's what you need to know about what will remain open and what will remain shut on that day:
What's open
- Hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies
- Government offices, banks
- Namma Metro
What's shut
- Commercial establishments, malls, industries
- App-based taxis, cabs, bike services, autorickshaws, private transport
- Street vendors, hotels, restaurants
- Theatres, multiplexes
The bandh organisers have called upon various sectors, including IT companies, schools, colleges, manufacturing industries, and transport bodies, to support the protest by declaring a 'holiday' for their employees on Tuesday. So far, there has been no official response from the government regarding the bandh.
Over 100 organisations and opposition parties have extended their support to the bandh. Various agitating bodies, led by the Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti, made their decision to call for a general strike in Bengaluru during a meeting at Freedom Park on Saturday. Kurubur Shanthakumar, president of the Karnataka Sugarcane Growers’ Federation, emphasized that the strike is being called in the best interests of Bengaluru and its citizens.
Notably, leaders from the principal opposition parties, BJP and JD (S), have already pledged their
