Cauvery row: Cops keeps tight vigil in Bengaluru as panel meets in Delhi

Bengaluru, Sept. 19: As the Cauvery Supervisory Committee (CSC) meeting got underway in Delhi, police beefed up security in and around Bengaluru to prevent a repeat of last week's violent protests.

The CSC is expected to decide the total quantum of water Karnataka has to release to Tamil Nadu for its samba crop season, even as Karnataka is pressing the committee to send a fact-finding team to both states to understand the water situation before it makes its decision.

Bengaluru police have clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC, which will be in force in the city until September 25.

Additional forces, including reserve batallions and paramilitary forces, have been deployed in sensitive areas to avert untoward incidents.

Patrolling has been intensified in violence-prone areas, an officer said.

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