Karnataka outfits call State bandh on August 13 over water release

Members of the Karnataka Film Chambers of Commerce staging a protest against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru on Friday (July 31). | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar appeals to them to withdraw their bandh plansVarious Kannada organisations have called a bandh in Karnataka on August 13 in protest against the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA)’s directive to release water to Tamil Nadu.On Thursday (July 30, 2026), the CWMA upheld the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) earlier order to Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days. Citing poor storage in its reservoirs, Karnataka has been reiterating its inability to release water to the neighbouring State.A decision to call the State-wide bandh