The villagers recently launched a letter campaign to draw the attention of PM Narendra Modi towards the Mahadayi issue. The village faced acute drinking water crisis after consecutive droughts hit the taluk since 2013. People here decided to launch an agitation when Goa refused to release water from the Mahadayi to Karnataka . On August 1, 2015, more than 3,000 people on 100 bullock carts gathered in the village and started a padayatra to Navalgund, 7km away . He said all the villagers have joined the indefinite dharna in Navalgund.
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