Video: Vehicles torched, shops attacked in protests against SC's Cauvery verdict
Bengaluru: Protests rocked Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Monday over the Cauvery issue, despite a Supreme Court order reducing the amount of water to be supplied by the state to Tamil Nadu to 12,000 cusecs.
Pro-Kannada protesters torched vehicles, vandalised shops and created ruckus leading to a virtual shutdown in Bengaluru. Shops and establishments were closed and schools sent students home early. Namma metro in Bengaluru was also shut.
#WATCH Cauvery issue: Pro-Kannada activists vandalise shops at bus stand in Bengaluru from where buses leave for TN. pic.twitter.com/FVsyASB6VO
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Bus services from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu have been suspended following attacks on travel agency offices and burning of buses in Bengaluru.
WATCH: Pro-Kannada activists set a vehicle on fire in Bengaluru during Protest over Cauvery water issue pic.twitter.com/FSMmpQ0FzT
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Politicians from Karnataka including chief minister Siddaramaiah have appealed to the people to maintain calm, and respect the Supreme Court’s modified order.
#WATCH: Bus from Karnataka vandalised by Naam Tamilar Katchi party workers in Rameswaram, driver threatened #Cauvery pic.twitter.com/3til65O5jU
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Meanwhile, protesters set afire 20 buses at a depot in Bengaluru, headlining violence that has rocked Karnataka on Monday.
#WATCH: Protesters set more than 20 buses on fire in #Bengaluru's KPN bus depot #CauveryProtests pic.twitter.com/WBby0fuA8o
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 12, 2016
