Cauvery row: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu tense; Narendra Modi appeals for peace

Bengaluru/Chennai: The violence in the Cauvery water dispute claimed its second life on Tuesday, as an uneasy calm hung over Bengaluru amid protests in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu marked by targeted attacks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed pain over the attacks in the two states locked in a bitter river water-sharing row and appealed for calm while stressing that violence cannot provide solution to any problem. He asserted that the dispute can only be solved within the legal ambit and “breaking the law is not a viable alternative”.

As Bengaluru and other districts showed signs of limping back to normalcy, the state decided to obey the SC’s modified order asking it to release 12,000 cusecs of water to TN till September 20.