Bengaluru: The bandh call given by the Kannada Okkoota received a mixed response in Bengaluru on Monday.

Government and private schools, colleges, hotels and business establishments remain opened while a few cinema theatres cancelled morning show in Bengaluru. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) operated bus services as usual.

The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) operated metro services. Police beefed up security at bus stations and metro stations in the city. “We want the government to waive off farm loans and supply water to Kolar and Chikballapur districts. Our agitation will continue till the government meets our demands,’’ Karnataka Rakshana Vedike president Praveen Shetty told reporters here.

The agitators attempted to take out a rally from the Town Hall to Karnataka State Assembly but the police bundled them into BMTC buses and took them City Armed Reserve (CAR) grounds at Adugodi.

The agitators wanted to lay siege to Karnataka State Assembly in support of their demands.

The shutdown was total in Chikballapur and Kolar districts in south Karnataka. The agitators stopped the car in which former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister late Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao’s grandson Tarak was travelling to Bengaluru. His vehicle was stopped at Srinivaspura circle in Kolar district for a few minutes. The agitators let him continue journey after a few minutes.

The shutdown was near total in Hubballi and Nargund in north Karnataka. The agitators formed a human chain preventing North-Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation buses plying.

Normal life was not affected in Mysuru due to the shutdown call given by the Federation of Kannada Associations.