CAUVERY-LD BANDH 2 LAST

  In Mandya, police lathicharged and lobbed tear-gas shells  In Mandya, police lathicharged and lobbed tear-gas shellsto disperse protesters who tried to storm  Krishnaraja SagarDam site, during which a few farmers were injured. Police officials said the injured have been moved to alocal hospital for treatment.    A few farmers jumped into the river water near the dam asa mark of protest, but they were rescued by a rescue teampresent at the spot. One protester allegedly tried to commit suicide byconsuming poison but was stopped by the police.     In Bengaluru, during a "massive" protest march from Townhall to Freedom Park organised by Kannada Okkoota(federation), led by Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leaderVatal Nagaraj, a man allegedly stabbed himself with a sharpweapon. He has been admitted to a hospital, police said.    Activists of pro-Kannada organisations tried to enter thedeparture terminal of the Kempegowda International Airport andthe railway station here but were stopped by the police.   The Kannada film industry also rallied behind with actors,directors, producers and technicians holding a protest rallyin the city.     The bandh, supported by a wide spectrum of organisations,unions and political parties, was "total" in several parts ofsouthern Karnataka.    Protests and demonstrations were held across state in places like Ballari, Koppala, Chikkaballapura, Dharwad,Kolar, Chitradurga, Hassan among others. In Ballari, where transgender community joined protests,three lorries bearing Tamil Nadu registration were damaged.   The Karnataka government has decided to approach theSupreme Court with a modification petition explaining itsdifficulties in implementing its order. It will also move theCauvery Supervisory Committee. Water Resources Miniser M B Patil ruled out any move bythe government to go against the court order by bringing in anordinance, as was done by the then Chief Minister Bangarappain 1991. "We will do things that are in accordance with law, if webring ordinance against the Supreme Court order, will itstand? …We cannot take such decisions. We will takedecisions that are legally tenable," he said. PTI KSU RA VSGVS