Cauvery issue: bengaluru police lift curfew, sec 144 still imposed
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Schools and offices had remained shut as tension had gripped the city. Several people worked from home. Two people were killed in the violence – one when the police opened fire at
protesters, and another while trying to avoid a _lathicharge_. The curfew was relaxed in some localities on Tuesday morning, to allow Muslims to offer Eid prayers at mosques. CM Siddaramaiah
declared hiss intention to impose “law and order with an iron hand.” PM Modi implored the people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to stop the violence as it was only affecting the nation’s poor.
On 9 September, Siddaramaiah, wrote to Modi on 9 September, urging him to convene a meeting of chief ministers of both the states. He also called on Modi to step in to resolve the vexed
issue. Karnataka had been on the boil after the Supreme Court had directed the state to release 15,000 cusecs of river water to Tamil Nadu for 10 days on 5 September. On 12 September, it
extended the period to 20 September while reducing the quantum to 12,000 cusecs per day.