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Mysore: Cauvery protests continue; city police on high alert.
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Even as the all party meeting in Bangalore on Saturday decided to go for a review petition in the Supreme Court over releasing of water to Tamil Nadu from the State, the city of palaces witnessed protests.Traffic came to a screeching halt when the busy Mysore-Bangalore highway was blocked near the outer-ring road junction for close to half-an-hour by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) activists. The activists led by their city unit president Kiran Gowda held the traffic for ransom condemning the stand of the centre directing Karnataka to release 9,000 cusec of water.When activists didn’t  yield to the repeated requests of the police on the spot to call off their agitation, they arrested nine activists and released them later.At city railway station, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Praveen Kumar Shetty faction) activists led by their city unit president Madesh, Manjunath and Bhyravesha and seven others were arrested and released later for staging rail roko.The activists who climbed on the engine of the train raised slogans against the centre staging stir for 10 minutes from 10.25 am.The train scheduled to depart at 10.45 am chugged without any hiccup later.The activists have been booked under sections 147 and 174A of Indian Railways Act.

They will be produced before the court again on Monday. Mysore Kannada Vedike activists burnt Tamil newspapers in front of the office of the department of information and publicity on Dhanwantri road. Police who have kept a hawk’s eye on the city following the protests, have augmented the police force with available men from KSRP and CAR forces. According to intelligence reports, the protests are expected to intensify in the days to come. The police are also ready to tackle any exigencies, said a source.