Protesters gather at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park to oppose linking of Aghanashini, Bedti rivers

Hundreds of people gathered at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Saturday to protest against the proposed Bedti-Aghanashini river-linking project. The protest demanded the government abandon the proposal in the interest of protecting the Western Ghats and Uttara Kannada district. Former lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde addressed the gathering, stating that no committee has been constituted to comprehensively examine the project and its implications.