He said he had spoken to state water resources minister MB Patil over phone and urged him to safeguard the interest of Karnataka farmers. Police said effigies and posters of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa were burnt in some places in these districts on Monday. ‘Karnataka Okkuta’, led by Vatal Nagaraj, called for a ‘Karnataka bandh’ on September 9. We have called for Karnataka Bandh on September 9 to protest against the injustice meted out to farmers here,” Nagaraj told reporters. Passing orders on a petition by Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court noted that damage would be caused to samba crops in the neighbouring state and directed Karnataka to release water.

Source: Hindustan Times September 06, 2016 03:56 UTC