Hyderabad, May 23 -- Farmers in Telangana's Jagtiyal protested on Friday, May 23, due to crop damage because of unseasonal rains.

A large group of farmers blocked roads, causing a traffic jam. They demanded that the Telangana government procure the soaked paddy. They said that the crop was damaged due to unseasonal rains and sought compensation.

Heavy rain damaged paddy waiting to be lifted at the Metpally agricultural market yard in Jagtial district. The farmers complained that their paddy produce had been waiting to be lifted for 20 days. The maize produce brought to the Choppadandi agricultural market yard got soaked in the rainwater.

Heavy rain was also recorded in the Ramadugu and Gangadhara manuals of the undivided Karimnagar dis...