K'taka bandh by pro-Kannada groups receives tepid response

The Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada organisations on Saturday to protest against the recent assault on a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) conductor in Belagavi recorded a tepid response across the state, with normal life remaining largely unaffected.

- Coovercolly Indresh and Hirekop Rajan Samuel

BENGALURU/BELAGAVI: The Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada organisations on Saturday to protest against the recent assault on a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) conductor in Belagavi recorded a tepid response across the state, with normal life remaining largely unaffected.

While protests were held in parts of northern Karnataka, including Belagavi, they did not throw daily life out of gear as transport, educational institutions and commercial establishments functioned as usual in most places.

Low impact in Bengaluru, other cities In Bengaluru, buses of both the KSRTC and Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) operated without disruption, though bus stations such as Majestic and satellite bus terminals witnessed lower than usual commuter footfall. Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda said that tight security arrangement was in place across the city. "No untoward incidents have been reported, and there were no attempts to enforce a forced bandh," he told reporters.