Karnataka calls all-party meet over Cauvery water directive; bandh on August 13

The Karnataka government called an all-party meeting on August 2 after the Cauvery Water Management Authority ordered the state to release 3,500 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu. Pro-Kannada groups also announced a state bandh on August 13. Activist Vatal Nagaraj said, "The order to release water must be opposed."