Infosys, TCS Shut Some India Offices After Clash Over Water
- India’s prime minister appealed for calm in affected areas
- Protests against sharing of river water turned violent
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Infosys Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and Wipro Ltd. closed offices in Bengaluru on Tuesday, after protests in the southern Indian state of Karnataka against the sharing of river water with neighboring Tamil Nadu turned violent.
The protests intensified on Monday after the country’s Supreme Court court asked Karnataka to release 12,000 cubic feet per second of Cauvery river water everyday to Tamil Nadu until Sept. 20. Water sharing is a politically sensitive topic for Indian farmers, who predominantly depend on monsoon rains for crop cultivation.