Kangeyam farmers’ protest enters third day Updated: Updated: The farmers are demanding adequate release of water under the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project Share Article The farmers are demanding adequate release of water under the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project The indefinite hunger strike by a group of farmers at Kangeyam, demanding adequate release of water under the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) for the Vellakoil branch canal, entered its third day on Thursday. Organised by PAP-Vellakoil Branch Canal Water Protection Committee comprising farmers from Kangeyam and Vellakoil Blocks, the protest began on Tuesday. P. Velusamy, one of the members of the Committee, said that 23 farmers were on hunger strike. So far, two of the farmers had fainted during the strike and were subjected to a medical check-up at the protest venue, he said.