After several farmers decided to dump their farm produce especially the harvested grapes and other fruits into compost pits in various parts of Karnataka for being caught in a bitter agrarian crisis, the state government on Monday swung into swift action and began issuing transit passes to the farmers.

Highlighting the plight of the farmers especially the fruit cultivating farmers, DH had published a report on 30th March about a farmer from Chikkaballapur and Srirangapattana deciding to dump their farm produce into compost pits. Following the report, the district horticultural officials began issuing transit passes to vineyard owners to get their produce to markets.