Condemning the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government for the continued Suicides by farmers in the state, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday said the 'insensitive behaviour' of the state government was forcing farmers to take the extreme step. In a statement issued on Thursday, Singh said that "because of the state government's insensitive behaviour, farmers were losing patience and being forced to take the extreme step of ending their lives." Seven farmers...
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7 farmers commit Suicide in M.P. in one month by Mahim Pratap Singh
Crop failure, debts, and personal reasons behind deaths Seven farmers have committed Suicide in Madhya Pradesh in less than a month. Kanhaiya Patel (30) of Hata village in Damoh district committed Suicide on Wednesday taking the total to seven. He had taken an acre of land on lease and had a debt of Rs.20,000. After his entire arhar (pulses) crop failed, the landowner is reported to have said that if any compensation...
More »Crops hit by frost, 5 farmers end lives by Suchandana Gupta
Their crops destroyed by frost between January 5 and 9, five farmers in Madhya Pradesh committed Suicide while three are battling for their lives after consuming pesticide. The weather destroyed their standing crops of wheat, soyabean, gram, peas, opium and oranges in just five days. Their crops gone, farmers in the state, like their counterparts in Andhra Pradesh, also faced the prospect of defaulting on repayment of loan from banks...
More »Vidarbha: 9 farmer Suicide in 5 days as cold destroys crop
The gushing in of bone-chilling cold wave has spelt disaster for the cotton farmers in Vidarbha. Nine farmers have killed themselves since Thursday as snow and hail ruins an almost-ready crop. "My brother was very worried after the cold winds and the hail killed the crop. Two days ago, he talked about it with my wife. We did not think he will kill himself," said Dhanraj Pohekar, a resident of Taamaswaadi...
More »Gowda's homeland is land of farmers' Suicide too
It's an irony of sorts. Mannina Maga (son of the soil) and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's home district Hassan has emerged as the capital of farmers' Suicides in Karnataka. Government statistics show that nearly 2,597 killed themselves between 2003 and 2010, making it the worst period for farmer Suicides in the state. Among 30 districts from where Suicides were reported, nearly 268 Suicides were reported in Hassan...
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