services are functional in Bengaluru. In other parts, normal life has been hit as certain public services were paralysed. With state-run buses remaining off the road, passengers who had come to the city from outside were stranded at the main bus terminal here. Cab and auto rickshaw drivers said customers were few today as most of the offices have declared a holiday.

Pro-Kannada outfits are seen burning an effigy of the Central government near town hall. In other parts also, normal life has been hit as certain public services were paralysed. The protesters are demanding the Prime Minister's intervention in the inter-state Mahadayi River water row with neighbouring Goa. Major impact of the dawn-to-dusk bandh is being seen in northern districts that come under Malaprabha river basin. (Image: Network18)

Normallife was disrupted in different parts of Karnataka today due to a state-wide bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits demanding the Prime Minister's intervention in the inter-state Mahadayi River water row with neighbouring Goa. A major impact of the dawn-to-dusk bandh is being seen in northern districts that come under Malaprabha river basin. In other parts also, normal life has been hit as certain public services were paralysed. With state-run buses remaining off the road, passengers who had come to the city from outside were stranded at the main bus terminal here. Similar reports have come in from Mysuru, Gadag, Dharwad and Hassan. Autorickshaws and cabs were plying but in lesser numbers.

Pro-Kannada outfits protest outside townhall in Bengaluru. (Image: Network18

Around 100 police personnel and fire brigade present at town