Upset over irregular power supply for their irrigation pumpsets, farmers of Narendra village in Dharwad taluk laid a siege to the HESCOM power transmission station near University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad on Tuesday.
The farmers, who came to the transmission station on their bullock carts, laid the siege to the station saying that despite several complaints, no remedial step has been taken by the officials.
They said that at a time when farmers have been forced to depend on irrigation pumpsets in the wake of deficit rainfall, the authorities have failed to ensure regular power supply to run the irrigation pumpsets.
