#CauveryVerdict: Naidu urges Karnataka, TN to maintain peace, appeals media for restraint

The Information and Broadcasting Minister also urged the media to show restraint in reporting the issue and not show anything that provokes people.

"Issues cannot be decided on street," Naidu said, appealing to give protection to people.

He appealed the electronic media to show restraint and not show arson always. He said media should also appeal to the people to maintain peace.

The massive protest in Karnataka over the Cauvery water issue took a bad turn on Monday with angry mob burning Tamil Nadu-registered trucks and buses on the roads and vandalizing shops in the Bengaluru city.

According to reports, even a person died in police firing in Bengaluru during protests.

Prohibitory orders were imposed in Bengaluru as fresh violence erupted in even as the Supreme Court modified its earlier order, asking the state to release lesser amount of water to Tamil Nadu.

Some 15,000 policemen have been posted across the city.

The Supreme Court  modified its last week's order, asking the Karnataka  Government to release to Tamil Nadu 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery water-  3,000 cusecs less than what was directed last week-daily till Sept  20.

Karnataka had made a plea with the  court to suspend its order to release 15,000 cusecs of water.

On Monday morning, the Woodlands hotel in Chennai was attacked allegedly by a fringe Tamil group, who hurled petrol bombs, damaging  glass panes and windows.

The group also allegedly left pamphlets warning of retaliation if Tamils were targeted in Karnataka.

The attack is being seen as a retaliation to a Tamil engineering student being thrashed in Bengaluru on Sunday allegedly for making derogatory comments on Kannada actors and also commenting on the Cauvery dispute.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed to social media users to not support any hate campaign.