State-wide bandh in K'taka over river water row
Pro-Kannada and farmers' organisations called for a state-wide bandh in Karnataka on Saturday in protest of the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal's interim order rejecting the state's petition seeking 7.56 tmcft for drinking water projects. Commercial establishments, schools and government offices remained closed. Prohibitory orders were imposed in several districts as a precautionary measure.