[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 9, 2025, farmers staged a peaceful protest near a Forest department checkpoint at Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district, opposing film shooting permissions within the Bandipur tiger reserve. The demonstration involved sloganeering but remained non-violent with low severity classification.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event. Given the peaceful nature and limited scope of the protest at a forest checkpoint, second-order supply chain effects would likely remain minimal unless the situation escalates or spreads to major transportation corridors in Karnataka.

Watch points

• Monitor for potential expansion of farmer protests to other locations in Karnataka or neighboring states
• Track any escalation in protest intensity or involvement of additional stakeholder groups beyond the initial farmer demonstrators