Cauvery protests sully Bengaluru's image; losses of Rs 25,000 crore

September 13, 2016 17:27

With widespread damage to the vital urban infrastructure, interruption in the transport including, roads, rail and air and inability of the workforce to safely move to and from offices and factories, Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru city, is estimated to have suffered a loss between Rs 22,000 to 25,000 crore due to the Cauvery dispute related violence, apex industry body ASSOCHAM said today.

"Violence in the state capital and other parts of Karnataka has severely dented the image of Bengaluru as Silicon Valley of India, home to almost all the Fortune 500 companies," said ASSOCHAM.

The strikes and bandhs should not be allowed to take violent shape and the law and order machinery should be geared up well in advance, with good amount of intelligence gathering, it said.

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