Hyderabad, March 3 -- A group of farmers hailing from the Ankampet and Sitarampalli villages, held a sit-in protest in Siddipet on Monday, March 3, demanding the release of water from Ranganayaka Sagar's right canal to two villages where they claimed that standing crops are drying up.

The protest was held on the main road between Ankampet and Sitarampalli villages of Siddipet mandal, demanding the irrigation authorities to immediately release water into the irrigation tanks of the two villages so that their crops could be saved.

The farmers claimed the irrigation officials were not paying attention to their irrigation issues.

Keeping the incoming summer months in mind, the Telangana chief minister recently instructed officials to relea...