A 21-day-long protest by farmers outside the administrative office of the Krishna Bhagya Jal Nigam Limited (KBJNL) at Bheemarayanagudi in Shahapur taluk of Yadgir district demanding release of water into Narayanpur Left Branch Canal from Basavasagar Reservoir in Narayanpur to save standing chilli crop came to an end on Sunday after a decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday in Bengaluru.
The officials have been directed to release 2.75 tmcft of water into the canals.
Hundreds of farmers began their protest on December 18 last year when they feared loss as there was no water in the canal for their standing chilli crop which was then in flowering stage.
