Farmers in Telangana's Jagtial district enforced a rasta roko on the Korutla-Vemulawada Road in Kathalapur mandal on 22 July, demanding the release of water from the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) into the flood flow canal to irrigate their crops. The BRS-supported protests focused the farmers’ frustration on the Congress-led state government’s alleged inaction