Hundreds of farmers, under the leadership of Shivaraj Patil, Raichur City MLA, staged a demonstration outside the Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company (Gescom) office in Raichur on Monday, alleging that the government has failed to fulfil its promise of providing 12 hours of uninterrupted power supply to rural areas.

​Highlighting the distress of farmers struggling with a severe rainfall deficit, Sharanagowda Kandakur, Gurmitkal JD(S) MLA, has urged officials to ensure at least six hours of uninterrupted three-phase power supply to farm pumpsets to save standing crops in the constituency.