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Kannada activists holding empty pots raise slogans and stage a protest against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) over the directive to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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A view of the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir amid the row over the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, in Mandya district, Karnataka, Friday, July 31, 2026. BJP leaders and farmers have demanded that the Karnataka government halt the release of water. | Photo: PTI
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Police personnel deployed during a protest over the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, in Mandya district, Karnataka, Friday, July 31, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj addresses a meeting of various Kannada organisations to announce a statewide bandh on August 13 in protest against the directive to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Friday, July 31, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra along with party leader BS Yediyurappa, state LoP in Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and party workers stage a protest against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Friday, July 31, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra along with party workers stage a protest against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Friday, July 31, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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People stage a protest over the CWMA upholding the CWRC order to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days, in Mandya, Karnataka, Thursday, July 30, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Kannada Raksha Vedike members raise slogans during a protest against the release of 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily for 15 days to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
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Activists being detained during a protest against the release of 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily for 15 days to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
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Members of the Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association stage a protest against the CWRC's direction to Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily for 15 days to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, in Mysuru, Karnataka, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Members of the Karnataka State Farmers' Association, known as Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), stage a protest against the CWRC's direction to Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily for 15 days to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. | Photo: PTI
