<p class="title">The Kushalnagar bandh call given by the Kaveri Taluk Horata Kendriya Samithi condemning the state government's failure to declare Kushalnagar Kaveri taluk in the budget received a good response on Monday. </p>.<p class="title">All the merchants had downed the shutter of their business establishments in the morning.</p>.<p class="title">All the business activities had remained silent following the bandh. Only a few private buses and maxicabs operated their services. The autorickshaws remained off the road. </p>.<p class="title">Film theatres and hotels remained closed. As a result, the tourists who had visited from far away places had to struggle to get eatables.</p>.<p class="title">Though the KSRTC buses operated, the number of passengers was minimal. A few of the private schools and colleges had declared holidays on account of the bandh. </p>.<p class="title">A few visitors visited tourist spots of Kaveri Nisargadhama, Dubare, Harangi and others. </p>.<p class="title">Members of various organisations staged a protest led by Samithi convener V P Shashidhar.</p>.<p class="title">As a precautionary measure, the police had strengthened security in Kushalnagar. Superintendent of Police Suman D Pennekar visited Kushalnagar.</p>
<p class="title">The Kushalnagar bandh call given by the Kaveri Taluk Horata Kendriya Samithi condemning the state government's failure to declare Kushalnagar Kaveri taluk in the budget received a good response on Monday. </p>.<p class="title">All the merchants had downed the shutter of their business establishments in the morning.</p>.<p class="title">All the business activities had remained silent following the bandh. Only a few private buses and maxicabs operated their services. The autorickshaws remained off the road. </p>.<p class="title">Film theatres and hotels remained closed. As a result, the tourists who had visited from far away places had to struggle to get eatables.</p>.<p class="title">Though the KSRTC buses operated, the number of passengers was minimal. A few of the private schools and colleges had declared holidays on account of the bandh. </p>.<p class="title">A few visitors visited tourist spots of Kaveri Nisargadhama, Dubare, Harangi and others. </p>.<p class="title">Members of various organisations staged a protest led by Samithi convener V P Shashidhar.</p>.<p class="title">As a precautionary measure, the police had strengthened security in Kushalnagar. Superintendent of Police Suman D Pennekar visited Kushalnagar.</p>