In Pictures | Cauvery water row: A state in violence

Sporadic violence broke out in Bengaluru, where several buses were set ablaze.

Several buses of private operators were also set ablaze in Bengaluru. Karnataka DGP Om Prakash said the situation was tense, but under control, as PTI reported.

A police man charges a miscreant riding motorcycle during prohibitory order at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru. 

Tamil Nadu bound buses in flames after they were torched by pro-Kannada activists during a protest over Cauvery water row.(Photo courtesy - PTI)

The violence in Karnataka flared up shortly after the Supreme Court, modifying its September 5 order, on Monday asked Karnataka to release a reduced amount of 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu.

Lorries with Tamil Nadu registration number were either stoned or set on fire in Bengaluru, Mandya, Mysuru, Chitradurga and Dharwad districts as Kannada activists gave vent to their anger over alleged attacks on state vehicles and property of Kannadigas in the neighbouring state.

Vehicles and properties with any relation to Tamil Nadu faced the brunt of the anger of Kannadigas.

In Mandya district, the epicentre of the Cauvery agitation, the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway was blocked. Several vehicles with Tamil Nadu registration were damaged on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, police said.

Elaborate security arrangements are in place in the city with 15000 policemen being deployed. Police made a lathicharge to disperse a violent mob, which tried to loot some shops.

Police personnel disperse pro-Kannada activists during their violent protest over Cauvery water row. (Photo courtesy - PTI)

Fire men dousing a torched truck in Bengaluru on Tuesday, a day after violent protests by pro-Kannada activists.

Charred remains of the buses of a private transport operator from Tamil Nadu in Bengaluru on Tuesday, a day after they were torched by pro-Kannada activists.