Bandh evokes good response in Mysuru and Mandya

The State-wide bandh called to protest against the release of water from Cauvery basin reservoirs to Tamil Nadu evoked a good response in the Cauvery heartland districts of Mysuru and Mandya on Friday.

The State-wide bandh called to protest against the release of water from Cauvery basin reservoirs to Tamil Nadu evoked a good response in the Cauvery heartland districts of Mysuru and Mandya on Friday.

Routine life was disrupted with shops and business establishments remaining closed while KSRTC and private buses went off the roads. Schools and colleges too remained closed in both the districts.

Banks and theatres too remained shut and private transporters including trucks and goods vehicles stayed off the roads, while a few autorickshaws were seen plying in Mysuru and parked near the city railway station.

While vehicular traffic remained thin on the roads of both Mysuru and Mandya, protesters staged demonstrations at various places including suburban bus stand and Mysuru palace in Mysuru and at Sanjay Circle and near Visvesvaraya statue in Mandya.

KSRTC officials in Mysuru said they had suspended bus services both within the city and on mofussil routes on the advice of police.

Train services, however, remained normal. Officials at Mysuru division of South Western Railway said train services in the division were normal, but the footfall was very less.

Similiarly, the movement of traffic on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway remained unhindered, but the number of vehicles plying on the highway were few and far between. Mandya district police said there no road blockades anywhere on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in the district.