Bengaluru Bandh: The Bengaluru Police is on high alert in view of the bandh. Namma Metro services are being operated as usual by BMRCL.
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Bengaluru Bandh: In protest of the state government’s decision to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, a multitude of pro-farmer and pro-Kannada organisations have come together, calling for a comprehensive ‘Bengaluru shutdown’ (Bengaluru Bandh) today, on September 26th. Their collective discontent has prompted this significant action in the city.
Bengaluru Bandh Impact
Local transport organisations have joined in solidarity with the ongoing agitation, further intensifying the expected impact on normal life in the nation’s prominent IT hub.
Educational institutions in the country’s tech capital will remain closed.
Transport services, including the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), app-based auto-rickshaws, and cabs, will be disrupted as most drivers’ unions have decided to join the bandh.
Airport cabs are also expected to be affected. Tanveer Pasha, president of Ola Uber Drivers and Owners Association, confirmed their participation as well.
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Essential services, including hospitals, nursing homes, medical shops, banks and government offices, will stay open.
Namma Metro services are being operated as usual by BMRCL. Milk booths and Petrol pumps will remain open.
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Many industries, hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, theatres, multiplexes and other small local business establishments are expected to remain closed in a show of solidarity with the bandh call.
Public transport affected
Public transport services are likely to be affected by the bandh. However, BMTC has said that it will operate a limited number of buses on essential routes.
Flights operating normally
All flights at the Kempegowda International Airport are operating normally. However, passengers are advised to check with their airlines for the latest updates before travelling.
Police on high alert
The Bengaluru Police is on high alert in view of the bandh. Around 10,000 police personnel have been deployed across the city to maintain law and order.
Meanwhile, the government has filed an affidavit in the Karnataka High Court stating that protests will be allowed only in Freedom Park. Protestors have been warned that they will be held responsible for any violation of law and order or damage to public property.
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The state government is taking precautionary and necessary measures to deploy an adequate number of police personnel to maintain law and order, it said.
