Members of Aikya Horata Samiti protesting in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Express Photo: Darshan Devaiah BPKarnataka Bengaluru News Live Updates: Traffic is likely to be affected as farmers’ protest is set to continue in Bengaluru. With protesting farmers, labourers and members of other organisations planning to observe roadblocks in the city in a bid to intensify their protests against the Karnataka Legislative Council passing the contended Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020, traffic in Bengaluru is likely to be affected for the next two days.
Kodihalli Chandrashekhar, President of Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha said over 10,000 farmers from various parts of the state will arrive in the capital city to carry out protests. “Massive protest rallies will be held to oppose this move. We will not take a step backward until the government drops its decision,” he said.
Several farmer leaders were arrested on Tuesday evening after they blocked the Anand Rao Circle in the city protesting against the Council passing the Bill. The protests by the farmers’ associations were intensified after the police action.
Meanwhile, 1280 more people contracted the infection across the state on Tuesday while another 1060 recovered from the same. As many as 25,015 cases are active as on December 9, with the total tally since March 8 rising to over 8.95 lakh in the state.
The Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors (KARD) holds a symbolic protest in Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, out-patient departments (OPDs) at private hospitals across Karnataka, including Bengaluru, are likely to remain shut on Friday (December 11). The move follows a decision taken by allopathy medical practitioners in the state to protest against the Centres recent decision to allow postgraduates in Ayurveda to perform surgeries.
At the same time, The Karnataka government is waging a war on the drug menace in the state, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday. His remark came in response to queries raised by opposition members at the Vidhana Soudha, Assembly.
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