Karnataka bandh: Will schools be open tomorrow during shutdown over Cauvery water-sharing row?
As the Cauvery water-sharing row between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka intensifies, several Kanada organisations have given a call for a Karnataka Bandh on Thursday, August 13. Several Kanada organisations have backed the bandh call for August 13. (Photo for representation) (HT Photos) The bandh comes after the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days from August 12. “We will observe Bandh at any cost. I appeal to everyone to support our call for strike,” Vatal Nagaraj, convener of Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Also read: SC defers Cauvery water plea to Aug 17 as judge recovers from viral fever The Mandya District Farmers’ Welfare Protection Committee also announced a protest near the Visvesvaraya statue in Mandya on Wednesday as it urged the farmers, Kannada organisations, workers, women and citizens to participate in the demonstrations. “The government should not release water under any circumstances,” a farmer leader was quoted as saying as he called the CWMA …








