The sharing of waters of the Kaveri river has been the source of a serious conflict between the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The genesis of this conflict rests in two agreements in 1892 and 1924.

The Supreme Court stated modifying its September 5 order, on Monday asked Karnataka to release a reduced amount of 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu till September 20. Bengaluru and on a highway to Mysuru as anger boiled over on a Supreme Court order.

The supreme court order meant that Karnataka would have to release more water from the river Cauvery to neighbor Tamil Nadu. Some 15,000 policemen have been posted across the IT city to control the issue. One person died and another received injuries after police opened fire on protesters in Bengaluru’s Rajgopalnagar area on Monday evening.

Cauvery Protests In Bangalore:

Trucks with Tamil Nadu registration numbers were stoned and set on fire in Bengaluru, Mandya, Mysore, Chitradurga and Dharwad districts. Kannada activists gave vent to their anger over alleged attacks on state vehicles and property of Kannadigas in the neighboring state.

Bengaluru city police even implemented Section 144 — the gathering of more than 10 people will result in criminal charges.

#CauveryIssue : As A Preventive Measure #Section144 CrPC Is Imposed In Bengaluru City From 1700 Hours Today @CPBlr

— BengaluruCityPolice (@BlrCityPolice) September 12, 2016

Twiter Reactions On Cauvery Issue With Anger and Disappointment:

The whole issue is about shortage of water, so, people should really avoid protesting by setting things on fire.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) September 12, 2016

#CauveryProtests States r inter dependent on jobs, trade, tourism,transport, foodgrain,electricity,water..! United we prosper else v perish.

— Amul Atri (@AmulAtri) September 13, 2016

Jayalaithaa and Sidhharamiah need to sit down and sort this out. Put India above politics! #CauveryIssue

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) September 12, 2016

Good examples, we won’t follow. But one blithering idiot throws a stone and suddenly two states are at war.

— Prem Panicker (@prempanicker) September 12, 2016

Politicians politicising #CauveryIssue. Media playing up the violence to incite more public. Miscreants gone crazy. Why this Cauvery di??

— गीतिका (@ggiittiikkaa) September 12, 2016

This guy had a serious solution for #CauveryProtests

Shut down the News Channels for 2 hours. Everything will be normal in the next 1 hour. #CauveryIssue

— Sunil (@sunilkk) September 12, 2016

#CauveryIssue Appealing to people KAR & TN maintain peace.Some fringe groups want create chaos. Media should play active role to ensure it

— Suraj Hegde (@SurajMNHegde) September 12, 2016

TV channels celebrating Cauvery issue … “big STORY”, “WAR-for-water” and what not. SHAME on you .. you are the real poison.

— Pramode C.E (@pramode_ce) September 12, 2016

A Kannadian safely dropped a Tamilian(me) in his home at Bangalore during the tense situation. Hope this kind of #love spreads #CauveryIssue

— Ramanathan (@smile_rams) September 12, 2016

I think people took “Whoever caused this water shortage, should be fired!” literally?. #CauveryProtests #CauveryWaterWar #CauveryIssue

— Pranav (@pranavsapra) September 13, 2016

Please do not pay heed to rumours floating on WhatsApp reg #CauveryProtests. Rely on @BlrCityPolice & @blrcitytraffic for authentic updates

— Abhishek Goyal (@goyal_abhei) September 12, 2016

So it took over 24hrs to get our PM’s attention & statement on this burning issue.PM shud intervene & get a political soln #CauveryProtests

— Srujana (ಸೃಜನ) (@SrujanaDeva) September 13, 2016

PM Narendra Modi Reacts On Cauvery Issue:

PM @narendramodi issues statement on #CauveryProtests pic.twitter.com/bFTSpKTKKS

— ET Politics (@ETPolitics) September 13, 2016

Karnatak a state that helped TN during #chennaifloods is now burning down its properties in the name of agitation. #CauveryProtests

— Rajesh (@iamrajeshch) September 12, 2016

#CauveryProtests Kerala CM requests Railway Min. SPrabhu to arrange 2 spl trains to Kerala frm K’taka to bring bck Keralites willing to cm

— ANI (@ANI_news) September 12, 2016

We r the land of #MahatmaGandhi who preached non-violence to the entire world.. Sad that we r not followin his teachings.. #CauveryProtests

— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) September 12, 2016

The Karnataka government requested the apex court to suspend its order directing it to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, because the latter isn’t having a water crisis. Both the states must end this protests and end it at once.

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