<div align="justify">Traffic on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway was affected for a brief period on Sunday as farmers blocked it to protest against the release of Cauvery water from Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) to Tamil Nadu.<br /><br />As the farmers squatted on the road for more than half-an-hour, the traffic on the busy highway came to a halt. The vehicular density was very high as it was a Sunday and, vehicles were seen stranded on both sides.<br /><br />While residents of surrounding villages blocked the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway at Gejjalagere in Maddur taluk, Raitha Sangha members staged a protest at Induvalu near Mandya.<br /><br />They criticised the state government for releasing water to the neighbouring state when the farmers of the district are facing a tough time. <br /><br />The authorities should immediately stop releasing water or else the protests would be intensified by parking bullock carts on the highway, the farmers warned.<br /><br />Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited executive engineer K Basavaraje Gowda said 2,000 cusecs of water had been released from the KRS on Sunday. On June 29 night, 3,000 cusecs of water was released, he added.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">Traffic on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway was affected for a brief period on Sunday as farmers blocked it to protest against the release of Cauvery water from Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) to Tamil Nadu.<br /><br />As the farmers squatted on the road for more than half-an-hour, the traffic on the busy highway came to a halt. The vehicular density was very high as it was a Sunday and, vehicles were seen stranded on both sides.<br /><br />While residents of surrounding villages blocked the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway at Gejjalagere in Maddur taluk, Raitha Sangha members staged a protest at Induvalu near Mandya.<br /><br />They criticised the state government for releasing water to the neighbouring state when the farmers of the district are facing a tough time. <br /><br />The authorities should immediately stop releasing water or else the protests would be intensified by parking bullock carts on the highway, the farmers warned.<br /><br />Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited executive engineer K Basavaraje Gowda said 2,000 cusecs of water had been released from the KRS on Sunday. On June 29 night, 3,000 cusecs of water was released, he added.<br /><br /></div>
