"rasta-roko"

Farmers demanded opening of procurement centres and remunerative prices

As per farmer unions, the 'chakka jam' includes blocking national and state highways between 12 noon and 3 pm to protest the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites.

The curving road near Jajireddygudem has turned into a death trap going by the number of recent accidents taking place there, they said.

Scores of farmers from Kandalavarigudem and Athmakur blocked the road by parking the tractors on it

Vehicular traffic on Rajiv Rahadari leading to Hyderabad came to a standstill for a while as the Left parties’ leaders and workers sat on the road

Minister KT Rama Rao said the three agricultural laws newly enacted by the Centre were in no way beneficial to farmers and would, in fact, only aggravate the farm crisis.