Friday, September 21, 2007

NINE MORE FARM SUICIDE IN VIDARBHA IN LAST 3 DAYS-VJAS DAMANDS CENTRAL GOVT. INTERVENTION CONTROL AGRARIAN CRISIS

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

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Ref-Vidarbha Farm Crisis-2007 PRESS-NOTE Dated-22nd Sep.2007

NINE MORE FARM SUICIDE IN VIDARBHA IN LAST 3 DAYS-VJAS DAMANDS CENTRAL GOVT. INTERVENTION CONTROL AGRARIAN CRISIS

Nagpur-22nd September 2007

Lord Ganesh is being celebrated in urban part of Maharashtra with big dhumdham at the same time the rural part of vidarbha reported suicides of nine more farmers who are innocent victims of INDO-US farm policy due to agrarian crisis ,they are

1. DEVIDAS UFRATE OF UGAWA IN AKOLA

2. SATISH HAGE OF DANAPUT IN AKOLA

3.DHYANESHWAR WASNIK IN KAPUSTALNI IN AMARAVATI

4.BANDU KALE OF PILKHEDA IN AKOLA

5.BHAULALA TAHODE OF PARSODA IN BULDHANA

6.RAM WANKHEDE OF SIRASGOAN-PANDHARI IN AMARAVATI

7.RAMESH KAWADE OF ALIPUR IN WARDHA

8.CHUNILALA RAUT OF GOREGOAN IN GONDIA

9.DEVANAND MESHRAM OF RANJI IN GADCHIROLI

With this the official tally of Vidarbha farm suicides gallops to 836 since January 2007 and 1702 since Prime Minister released the package to stop this ongoing farm suicides in west Vidarbha. According to Nagpur-based Kishor Tiwari, president Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, (VJAS).

Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) has urged central Govt. intervention to stop these on going farm suicide as million farmers of vidarbha who are deep distress has lot complete faith in local Maharashtra Govt. due it’s failure to provide relief to dying vidarbha farmers .it is need of the hour to bring back the confidence in vidarbha farmers to dislodge this local Govt.,kishor tiwari of VJAS has made this request to UPA convener smt.Sonia Gandhiji today.

In order to put the demands of thousand of dying vidarbha cotton farmers unique protest on 2nd October,2007 to mark the father of Nation Gadhiji birth anniversary day’ by preying the Indian government to “BRING BACK MAHATMA GANDHIJI” that’s Gandhian policies to save vidarbha farmers senior farm activist of vidarbha vijay jawandhia will chief guest of the function and will announce future plan agitation. hundreds of farm widows will join candle vigil function on the same day to join AID’s worldwide programme, tiwari added.

Earlier in last 72 hours fifteen farm suicides in Vidarbha were reported in last week

In Vidarbha region amidst Vaghela-Vilasrao anti-farmers remarks fifteen more farm suicides were reported in last weeks only they are- Gopal Dhotre of bhamdi in amravati’,Jitendra Mohod of wadhona in Amravati,Gajanan Pande of taroda in amravati,Namdeo kore of mendha in chandrapur,Bhanudas hande of sawangi in yavtmal,Namdeo Nagari of ghatanji inyavatmal ,Naresh Gomase of Pimpari Ghadge in, Hansraj Gajbhiye of Adgoan–khaki (same village had reported another farmer suicide last week Devanand Nandapurkar), Tulsiram Rathode of Wai(Ijara), Gajanan Sarule Kalugoan, Purshottam Meshram of Khairgoan, Piraji Chikane of Tembhi (all six from Yavatmal district), Mohan Rathode of Khamkhed in Buldhana, Santosh Wakodkar of Gram Dhanora in Washim district and Ulahas Rathode in Devraguda in Chandrapur district.

Tiwari said most of the political parties are shedding crocodiles tears over the insult of cotton farmer but they are not talking about finding solution to redress the hardships of the Vidarbha farmers. Presently most of the farmers who are committing suicides are victims of poverty and hunger that has resulted after the economic collapse in the Vidarbha region due ongoing agrarian crisis.

"We demand urgent step to provide food security and health care facilities to these dying farmers before making arguments over farm suicides being agrarian or non-agrarian. Now the time has come to give complete loan waiver and price protection on all agriculture produce from free trade in WTO era to Vidarbha dying farmers", Tiwari added.

On 2nd October cotton farmers protest rally will decide future course of action of agitation in order to get the main demands of farmers of higher procurement price to cotton and complete loan waiver and all farm activist in the region will decide the the action plan in order to slow down the farm suicide and to tackle vidarbha agrarian crisis ,kishor tiwari convener of this agitation informed in a press realease.

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Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

KISHORE TIWARI

PRESIDENT

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1 comment:

Madhukar Gomase said...

Hi,

I am a poor farmer from Wardha. My son Vijay was arrested in UK last week.
He allegedly was running fraudulent company. Is there a way I can help him ?