New Delhi, Sept. 15 (Agencies): The Supreme Court on Thursday took Karnataka and Tamil Nadu governments to task for failing to check violence following its order on the Cauvery water-sharing dispute, asserting that violent agitation would serve no purpose as those aggrieved were free to take legal recourse. ”We are compelled to state that it is the duty of both the states [Tamil Nadu and Karnataka] to see that no violence, agitation or destruction of properties takes place,” a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and U.U. It was pointed out that a 'Rail Roko' was organised in Karnataka on Thursday and a similar agitation will be held in Tamil Nadu on Friday. Friday’s bandh was to protest against a Supreme Court order calling on Karnataka to release 15,000 cubic feet of water per second to Tamil Nadu. The court said it would also take up the main matter of Cauvery water dispute.

Source: The Telegraph September 15, 2016 14:03 UTC