Life in this district was normal. Shops, educational institutions, offices and shops were open. Buses, autorickshaws and private vehicles plied.
The vegetable market in the old city, the grain market in Gandhi Gunj and the traditional Shah Gunj market did business as usual.
Earlier in the day, members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Jai Karnataka, Kannadigara Balaga and other organisations took out a rally and shouted slogans condemning Tamil Nadu for opposing the Mekedatu project.
They urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to go ahead with the drinking water project in the interest of the State's people and not be bogged down by objections from neighbouring States.
