BANGALORE: Bangalore will grind to a halt for 12 hours from 6 a.m. on Monday when the State-wide bandh by Kannada organisations to express their anger over what has been termed a "biased final verdict" of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal comes into effect.

Those arriving at bus terminals, railway stations and the airport in Bangalore will be put to inconvenience given the nature of the support that the bandh has received from all quarters, including autorickshaw and city taxi drivers' unions.

Even private cars should find it difficult to reach railway stations and the airport to either drop or pick up passengers.

Holiday declared

All educational institutions have declared a holiday, and life outside homes is expected to come to a standstill.

People are making a beeline to vegetable markets and grocery stores as the bandh is expected to affect supply of essential commodities.

All HOPCOMS outlets of the Horticulture Department will remain open on Sunday.

The bandh is expected to hit the information technology sector and business process outsourcing firms. Employees in these sectors are expected to arrive at their workplaces well before the commencement of the bandh.

Government sources told The Hindu here on Saturday that the functioning of government offices would be hit on Monday as the Karnataka State Government Employees' Association and the Secretariat Employees' Association had expressed their support to the bandh.

Government employees have been asked to take a day's casual leave, in effect giving them a three-day weekend. The bandh was earlier scheduled for Thursday but was put off following a request by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.

The bandh is expected to hit life in southern parts of the State.

The Transport Minister said that the government bus operations would depend on the situation.

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