Farmers in Nanjangud and T. Narasipura staged protests on July 31 against a Cauvery Water Management Authority directive requiring Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu. Reports of a postponed August 3 meeting between Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and a Tamil Nadu counterpart conflict with the documented identity of C Joseph Vijay as a film actor whose movie posters were targeted during demonstrations.