Maddur: Taking a cue from the farmers who half-buried themselves in Maharashtra to draw the attention of the Government towards their problems in April this year, a group of farmers half-buried themselves in Maddur this morning protesting against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam.
The protesting farmers, under the banner of Kannada Janapara Vedike came to Maddurammanakere, dug pits that resembled graves and slept inside covering themselves with mud. Shouting slogans that releasing water was equal to burial of farmers on the Cauvery basin, activists pleaded the State Government and Supreme Court to come to the rescue of farmers.
