‘Kannada Okoota’, an umbrella organisation of Kannada bodies has called for a dawn to dusk Karnataka Bnadh on Monday June 12 to press for an early resolution of the Mahadayi dispute, a permanent solution to the water scarcity in the arid regions of Karnataka, waiver of farm loans and externment of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) functionaries from Belagavi.
Protest has been planned in Bengaluru and various Kannada organizations have supported the said bandh call in Belagavi as well.
Vatal Nagaraj, the president of Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha who was recently here in Belagavi had stressed for the bandh call.