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Normal life was paralysed in the IT hub of Bangalore and districts in Cauvery belt following a bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits to protest the award of Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal. But there were no immediate reports of violence. Bangalore wore a deserted look with the normal hustle and bustle missing, as buses, auto-rikshaws and taxis kept off the roads and shops and other commercial establishments downed shutters. Though most of the IT companies remained closed, some made arrangements for their employees to work from home. Attendance in government offices were low and transactions in banks was badly affected. Groups of Kannada activists staged protests in front of the airport and the city railway station but were rounded up by the police, who are keeping a close vigil with 20,000 personnel deployed in the city alone with back-up by paramilitary forces. The bandh evoked near-total response in the Cauvery belt particularly in the volatile districts of Mandya, Mysore and Chamarajnagar, but overall situation remained calm. Nearly 70,000 police and other security personnel are on duty during the statewide bandh which however evoked a mixed response in north Karnataka. Some flights were either rescheduled or combined or cancelled, sources at different airlines said. Congress members decided to stay away from the proceedings of the legislature session, which is currently on. The road and rail traffic between Bangalore-Mysore was crippled.
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