Protests Over Water Dispute Hit Flights to India’s Silicon Valley
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have a long-standing water-sharing dispute over the river Cauvery.
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Flights were canceled, and schools and shops shut in the southern Indian state of Karnataka — home to technology giants such as Infosys Ltd. and Wipro Ltd. — as farmers protested against the sharing of the water of a key river with a neighboring state.
The day-long shutdown by the farmer groups disrupted normal life as protesters blocked railway tracks and disrupted road traffic. Police detained hundreds of agitators.