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  IT city back to normal after 2 days of violence

IT city back to normal after 2 days of violence

AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Sep 15, 2016, 2:29 am IST
Updated : Sep 15, 2016, 2:29 am IST

Two days after violence over Cauvery water row literally shut down the city for 48 hours, Bengaluru bounced back to normal with schools, colleges, industries and businesses and other commercial establ

Pro Kannada activists stage a protest citing injustice in Cauvery issue at SBM Circle in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)
 Pro Kannada activists stage a protest citing injustice in Cauvery issue at SBM Circle in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Two days after violence over Cauvery water row literally shut down the city for 48 hours, Bengaluru bounced back to normal with schools, colleges, industries and businesses and other commercial establishments buzzing with activity on Wednesday.

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Service buses and the Metro were back in service, while the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation too restarted operations to Mysuru and Mandya after nearly 10 days of suspension. But services to Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu remained suspended.

The administration used cranes and wreckers to move burnt skeletal remains of heavy vehicles from roads, clearing the way for traffic. Large number of security personnel continued to be deployed in sensitive areas, where violence was witnessed on Monday.

Though the curfew was lifted around 9 am on Wednesday, Section 144 continued to be in force. “We will review the situation on Thursday and take a decision on lifting it,” sources in the police department said.

Home Minister G. Parameshwar visited violence-hit areas, including Hegganahalli and New Timberyard, along with senior police officers on Wednesday.

Eighty cases had been registered and 370 people arrested by the city police till Wednesday, with the largest number of arrests in the North Division and the highest number of cases in the West Division.

Heads in the police department rolled for Monday’s violence, with the government transferring two Deputy Commissioners of Police of West and North division on Wednesday. DCP T.R. Suresh was replaced with Mr Labhu Ram, while DCP Ajay Hilori was replaced with Mr M.N. Anucheth.

Meanwhile, a civilian – Narayana B.N. (36), a resident of Kempegowda Nagar, who suffered a pelvic fracture after falling from the second floor of a building in Byadrahalli, underwent a surgery on Wednesday. He was out of danger, the doctors said.

Mr Chandramohan Singh, a labour contractor, who had suffered a bullet injury in the thigh in police firing, will be discharged on Thursday, the doctors said. He claimed that he was returning home after work when the police fired at his leg mistaking him to be a miscreant.

Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru