Cauvery protests: 150 held in B'lore

WATER WAR: The final award of the Cauvery Tribunal has sparked off protests in Karnataka.

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New Delhi: Tension gripped the Cauvery basin on Tuesday, a day after the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal announced its final verdict on water sharing on Monday.

In a late backlash to the verdict, agitated Karnataka farmers came out on the streets in large numbers on Tuesday morning and completely blocked the Mysore-Bangalore Express Highway.

The areas worst hit by the farmers' agitation included Pandavpur, Maddur, Mandya. The protests also spread to Bangalore where police detained 150 pro-Kannada protestors in order to prevent further trouble.

Karnataka was on high security alert on Tuesday and schools, colleges and businesses were shut as politicians across the state protested the verdict.

Police force deployed in sensitive areas, near Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam site, in Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts besides Bangalore are keeping a strict vigil to maintain law and order.

Riot police patrolled the streets of Bangalore overnight and were also out in force early on Tuesday.

Bus service between Bangalore and Mysore have been withdrawn as precautionary measure and services to neighbouring Tamil Nadu was also suspended.

However, buses are plying up to border districts of Tamil Nadu. The buses had been terminated at Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Hosur depots, state transport corporation sources said.

Heavy rush was witnessed in trains plying between Bangalore and Mysore.

Groups of Kannada activists had protested in Mysore and Chamarajnagar areas on Monday and there was an agitation by farmers in Mandya immediately after the verdict.