As part of their persistent agitation, a large number of farmers from different villages in Raichur, Sirwar and Manvi taluks of Raichur district blocked the State Highway near Saath Mile Cross near Raichur on Monday for several hours demanding supply of Tungabhadra waters for their standing crops at the tail-end of Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal (TLBC).
The agitation began at about 9 in the morning and ended by 3 p.m. only after Deputy Commissioner Chandrashekhar Nayak visited the agitation site and convinced the agitating protesting farmers with an assurance of providing enough water to their standing crops.
As the road, which connects all taluks of Raichur district with the district headquarters, was blocked, traffic came to a standstill with vehicles stranded for a distance on all sides.
