Bengaluru Bandh information LIVE Updates: BMTC buses to stay operational, auto on strike; airways situation journey advisory

In a put up on X, The former CM wrote, “Is this a query? On the one hand, those that marched for goat crossing have arrested farmers and activists who have been combating for Cauver within the streets in the present day. Arresting militants in a single day INC Karnataka is the peak of presidency mischief. Is there one justice for Congressmen and one other justice for Kannadigas in Karnataka?

The Bengaluru bandh referred to as by farmers and Kannada organisations on Tuesday and backed by the BJP and JD(S) in protest towards the discharge of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu evoked partial response, with many of the public companies functioning usually, however fewer individuals venturing out.

‘Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti,’ an umbrella outfit of farmers’ associations and different organisations led by farmer chief Kuruburu Shanthakumar, has given the decision for in the present day’s dawn-to-dusk (6 am to six pm) Bengaluru shutdown.

Shanthakumar and different leaders of the ‘Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti have been detained by the police on the Mysuru Bank circle, as they have been attempting to carry a protest march in direction of Town Hall.

Several activists of Kannada organisations have been additionally whisked away by the police at Town Hall, as they gathered there to stage a protest. Farmers’ leaders and Kannada activists hit out on the authorities for allegedly utilizing police drive to curtail the protests and bandh. Farmers and pro-Kannada organisations are more likely to stage a protest on the Freedom Park, which is a chosen place for such demonstrations.

Police in Bengaluru Tuesday stated they’ve made sufficient bandobast and no protest or procession can be allowed amid a name for Bandh by farmer outfits to protest towards an order by Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to launch 5000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.

“..We have made sufficient bandobast…as per the order of the commissioner, no protest or procession is allowed…visitors is regular,” Deputy Commisisoner of Police (central) Bengaluru Shekar T Tekkannavar advised ANI.

Security personnel have been deployed at Krishnagiri district alongside Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border. Bus companies from Tamil Nadu in direction of Karnataka have been affected following a ‘bandh’ 

Bengaluru Bandh LIVE Updates: All routes of Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) can be operational as normal on Tuesday in view of the bandh referred to as by farmer our bodies to protest towards an order by Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to launch 5000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.

The announcement was made by BMTC on X (previously Twitter).

Visuals confirmed buses with few passengers onboard leaving from the Majestic BMTC Bus cease within the metropolis.

Manju, a bus conductor, advised ANI, “As bandh has been referred to as, no commuters are seen at Kempegowda bus cease, which is often one of many busiest bus stops within the state.”

Bus companies from Tamil Nadu in direction of Karnataka are disrupted amid a ‘bandh’ referred to as in Bengaluru concerning the Cauvery water situation. Several buses from Tamil Nadu are being stopped at Zuzuvadi in Krishnagiri district of the state.

Restaurants will stay closed within the metropolis, President Bangalore Hoteliers Association PC Rao stated, including, “It’s our responsibility; we’re additionally supporting the Karnataka bandh referred to as tomorrow (by pro-Kannada organisations), as we have now not gotten justice for a number of years”.

Cabs can be plying as normal within the metropolis. Ola Uber Drivers and Owners Association president Tanveer Pasha stated that Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Ola, and Uber companies can be as normal, as preorted by ANI

The farmers, numerous pro-Kannada organisations are protesting towards the discharge of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu , the Cauvery heartland.  The protests have been taking place for the previous few days and intensified on Saturday when ‘Mandya Bandh’ was noticed. Last week, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) had directed Karnataka to proceed releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for an additional 15 days, after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) made such a suggestion final week. The Supreme Court too refused to intrude with orders of the CWMA and CWRC, following which protests erupted in numerous elements of the state. Karnataka has been sustaining that it isn’t able to launch water, making an allowance for its personal requirement for consuming water and irrigation of standing crops within the Cauvery basin areas, as there was water shortage resulting from deficit monsoon rains

Farmers in Bengaluru metropolis their protest over Cauvery water launch to Tamil Nadu.

The directive from the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) instructed Karnataka to increase the discharge of 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for a further 15 days. The CWMA’s directive mandated Karnataka to keep up the discharge of 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for a further 15 days. However, officers have acknowledged that there’s an inadequate water provide available for this launch.

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been in a longstanding dispute over the allocation of Cauvery river water courting again to the British colonial interval. A decision was reached in 1924 when the princely state of Mysore and the presidency of Madras agreed to a compromise. Read extra right here

 Less variety of passengers seen at Majestic Bus Station, Bengaluru due to the Bandh referred to as by numerous organizations concerning the Cauvery water situation. Manju, a bus conductor at Majestic BMTC Bus cease in Bengaluru says “As bandh has been referred to as, no commuters are seen in Kempegowda bus cease which is often one of many busiest bus stops within the state.”

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

Speaking on in the present day’s bandh, Kuruburu Shanthakumar farmer chief of Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti stated, “We will are available a protest to Bengaluru’s Freedom Park and stage an illustration 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’ll resolve 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 aren’t any untoward incidents.

While chatting with information company ANI, DCP central Bengaluru Shekar T Tekkannavar stated, “…We have made sufficient bandobast…as per the order of the commissioner, no protest or procession is allowed…visitors is regular”

Calls for protests over a longstanding river water sharing dispute between two south Indian states have compelled world companies together with Walmart and Alphabet’s Google to ask workers in Bengaluru to work from home on Tuesday. Internal memos seen by Reuters confirmed multinational companies reminiscent of Google, Walmart, IBM and Accenture have suggested workers to work 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 workplaces and leisure areas catering to know-how employees. Many firms have requested workers to return to workplace or adopted a hybrid working mannequin after the pandemic shutdowns.

-Schools, faculties to stay shut in the present day.

-The Kannada movie trade 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.

-Restaurants within the metropolis to stay closed in the present day. President Bangalore Hoteliers Association PC Rao had stated yesterday, “It’s our responsibility; we’re additionally supporting the Karnataka bandh referred to as tomorrow (by pro-Kannada organisations), as we have now not gotten justice for a number of years”.

-Essential companies reminiscent of hospitals, nursing houses, pharmacies and authorities workplaces will stay open.

-According to BMTC, all routes of Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation can 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).

-Ola, Uber to ply as normal

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 in the present day whereas a statewide bandh on Friday i.e. on 29 September.

Amid Bengaluru bandh in the present day, 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 numerous organizations concerning the Cauvery water situation

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

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday stated his authorities is not going to curtail the “Bengaluru bandh” referred to as by some farmers’ organisations on Tuesday as protests over the discharge of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu have intensified. The directive from the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) instructed Karnataka to increase the discharge of 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for a further 15 days. Read extra right here

Another bandh on September 29 was introduced on Monday, underneath 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 means of 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 stated 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 crew of consultants to check the water and standing crop state of affairs in Karnataka.

“I’ve made an enchantment 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 must be despatched to Karnataka to check the water and standing crop state of affairs. I requested the identical to the Vice President of the nation,” the ex-PM stated in a joint press briefing with JD(S) chief and former CM HD Kumaraswamy.

The JD(S) supremo additional stated that his get together is right here ‘to save the people’ of the state.

“I do not wish to converse on alliance and different points at current. I’m solely talking pertaining to Cauvery. I do not wish to say something associated to bandh referred to as tomorrow. I’m alive not for politics or energy. We are right here to avoid wasting the individuals of the state. My get together exists for this. I used to be crying once I was talking 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 in the present day’s Bengaluru bandh. 

Bengaluru is anticipated to see a whole shutdown in the present day 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 stated that his get together will help the Bengaluru Bandh, referred to as Tuesday to protest towards the discharge of Cauvery water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

“Today our state get together chief and BS Yediyurappa declared help. We will help it and with it, we’ll additionally protest in entrance of the Gandhi statue,” CT Ravi advised ANI.

Bengaluru Bandh protest in the present day, September 26, is a response to the Karnataka authorities’s choice to allocate Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) not too long ago instructed Karnataka to proceed releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for a further 15 days, following a suggestion by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), reported Times Now. Read extra right here

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Monday stated his authorities is not going to 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.