Farmers, led by BRS leaders, staged a protest at the SRSP D-86 canal regulator at Choppadandi in Karimnagar district on Wednesday, demanding the release of irrigation water to save standing crops in the Choppadandi and Karimnagar Assembly constituencies.
The BRS leaders alleged that crops were facing the threat of withering for want of water and demanded equitable distribution of SRSP water, including to tail-end areas.
Amid slogans demanding the immediately release of 300 cusecs of water into the D-83 and D-86 canals, the BRS leaders reportedly attempted to lift the canal regulatory gates.
Karimnagar MLA G. Kamalakar, Choppadandi former MLA S. Ravishankar and others participated in the protest.
According to BRS sources, irrigation officials agreed to release the water following the protest.
Published - October 14, 2026 08:07 pm IST