Bengaluru/Mysuru: Bengaluru city police have tightened security with additional forces deployed at different areas with the Supreme Court taking up the Cauvery water dispute case today, September 20.

City police commissioner NS Megharikh who held meeting with his officials, spoke to control room personnel and gave them directions. Various measures were also discussed to curb the violence and related issues.

Police sources said, “A total of 40 platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police, 30 City Armed Reserve platoons, six Rapid Action Force squads, three companies of the Seema Suraksha Dal, three Border Security Force platoons and one company each of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police will guard the city. Besides, 15,000 civil police including senior police officers and 2,000 Home Guards will take position at 6am. Two Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) vehicles, 250 Hoysalas and 400 Cheetah bikes will patrol the city”.

The sale of liquor in bars, wine shops and pubs across the city has been banned by the police from 6 am on Tuesday morning to 1 am on Wednesday. Prohibitory orders are imposed in Mandya’s Sanjay circle ahead of the hearing. Mysuru SP Ravi Channanavar is camping at Kabini dam in HD Kote, while the district administration is monitoring the situation. Kannada activists and farmers are expected to take to the streets on Tuesday in Mysuru protesting against the Cauvery order.