Karnataka erupts as Cauvery water dispute escalates

Rapid Action Force and police personnel control the demonstrators as they protested against the SC’s verdict that reduced the daily quantum of Cauvery water to be released by Karnataka but increased the duration of the order. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

Updated on: Sep 13, 2016 12:56 AM IST

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Rapid Action Force and police personnel control the demonstrators as they protested against the SC’s verdict that reduced the daily quantum of Cauvery water to be released by Karnataka but increased the duration of the order. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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Protesters burnt more than 15 trucks and vehicles from Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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Normal life in Karanataka is paralysed by violent strikes as protesters took to the streets after the SC order. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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SC on Monday modified a September 5 order and asked Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu per day till September 20. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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Kannada activists burned a truck at Hosa Guddada Halli, during their protest against the Tamil Nadu govt and Supreme Court verdict on the release of Cauvery river water, in Bengaluru. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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Activists wave the Karnataka flag as they block traffic on a connecting road during a statewide strike in Bengaluru. Karnataka is facing an acute shortage of water in its reservoirs, and rivers as the state has only received subpar rainfall in the catchment areas leading to protests by farmers and pro-Kannada organisations refusing to share water with its neighbouring state. / AFP PHOTO / MANJUNATH KIRAN (AFP Photo)

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Commuters were left stranded at Satellite town on Mysuru Road after a transportation shutdown. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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People walk past as two trucks that came from Tamil Nadu and were set ablaze by protesters in Bengaluru. (AP Photo)

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Historically, the dispute over sharing Cauvery waters dates back to the British era. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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Karnataka says it cannot release water to Tamil Nadu for agriculture as it needs it supplying drinking water in the state. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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A motorist rides a bike on an empty road on the day of a statewide strike called by various organisations to protest against a Supreme Court order asking the southern state of Karnataka to release water from the river Cauvery to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru. (Reuters Photo)

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Agitation in Karnataka has been increasing since the recent Supreme Court order to the state to release of 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. (Kashif Masood/HT Photo)

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An armoured vehicle of riot police drives past burning trucks belonging to the neighbouring Tamil Nadu after they were set ablaze by angry mobs in Bengaluru. (AP Photo)

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A man and policemen are seen through broken glass panes of a restaurant, run by people from Tamil Nadu, after it was vandalised by a mob during violence in Bengaluru. (AP Photo)

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Two men on a motorcycle stop to take a selfie with a burning truck in the background. (AP Photo)

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Tamil activists vandalise a bus from Karnataka as they protest over Cauvery water row, in Rameshwaram. (PTI Photo)

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A truck from Tamil Nadu burns after it was set alight by agitated pro-Karnataka activists. (AFP Photo)

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Police personnel chase agitated activists as the Cauvery water dispute erupted into violence following the Supreme Court's order to release water to Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru. (AFP Photo)