Elaborate security arrangements have been made, including the deployment of additional police personnel across the city, especially to prevent untoward incidents and ensure law and order is maintained during the 12-hour shutdown called by pro-Kannada activists in protest against the formation of the Maratha Development Authority by the government.
In Belagavi there was no response to Bandh call with almost normal life.
The BJP State level committee is meeting at Gandhi Bhavan today and elaborate arrangements have been made for the same.
Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj and Karnataka Rakshana Vedike had called for a 12 hour bandh against the formation of the Maratha Development Authority by the government.