VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI
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Ref : VJAS/relief package-07 PRESSS-NOTE 24th October, 2007
TEN MORE FARMERS SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA IN LAST TWO DAYS:VJAS URGED LOAN WAIVER AND RESTORATION OF COTTON PRICE TO STOP VIDARBHA FARM SUICIDES.
Nagpur-24th ootober,2007
This year dasara-vijaya dashami festival has been too bad for vidarbha farmers as it was in the year 2005- & 2006 when reports of 10 more farmers suicides reported in last two days ,they are
1.VISHAWAS ERANI OF GRAMTAPOWAN IN WASHIM
2.TAMMIKHAN PATHAN OF KALGAWAN IN
3.RAGHUNATH VAIWHARE OF PATHARDI IN
4.BHIMRAO ADE OF SAKHARA IN YAVATMAL
5.SALIMNKHAN PATHAN OF PANCHGAWAN IN
6.DEVRAO WAKADE OF SHEGOAN IN CHANDRAPUR
7.GAJANAN MADANKAR OF TAWAGI IN BHANDARA
8.DILIP VAIDYA OF SAONER IN AMARAVATI
9.MANIK DHANGAR OF DOMRUL IN BULDHANA
10.RAMCHANDRA INGOLE OF ENUKUNI IN
taking the figure of farm suicides vidarbha as per official record is 1740 since prime relief package announcement moreover in 2007 official figure of farm suicides in six district of vidarbha is reaching 1000 mark that’s 942,here is official vidarbha farm suicides table
| MONTHS-2006 | FARM SUICIDES | MONTHS-2007 | FARM SUICIDES |
| JULY | 109 | JANUARY | 99 |
| AUGUST | 120 | FEBRUARY | 107 |
| SEPTEMBER | 156 | MARCH | 113 |
| OCTOBER | 160 | APRIL | 97 |
| NOVEMBER | 125 | MAY | 102 |
| DECEMBER | 127 | JUNE | 82 |
| | | JULY | 75 |
| | | AUGUST | 95 |
| | | SEPTEMBER | 106 |
| | | OCTOBER | 67 |
| TOTAL | 797 | | 942 |
Presently in Mumbai mantralaya all babus are busy to give fresh recommendations to PMO ,New Delhi so that existing vidarbha relief package is modified as it has been hoax that has triggered more farm suicides rather than stopping it but as per media reports Maharashtra Govt. is once again strongly recommending same interest waiver on the overdue crop loan of cotton farmers of west vidarbha not the pending debt of 3 million distressed farmers ,kishor tiwari of vidarbha jan andolan samiti(VJAS) has termed this move as rehabilitation process dying cooperative banks controlled by politicians in power rather than saving dying west vidarbha cotton farmers ,tiwari added.
VJAS has welcomed union agriculture minister sharad pawar’s complete U turn on farm loan waiver when he declared that it’s only relief that can addaress the vidarbha agrarian crisis but same man has apposed the loan waiver when Indian prime minister was ready to give on 1st july 2006 ,kishor tiwari asked.”it is not too late,loan waiver is part of relief but not the complete solution to vidarbha agrarian crisis the issues releted to the cotton price and sustainable farming along with food crop promotion programme has to be implemented urgently ,kishor tiwari added.
Presently in stead of giving protection to the cotton crop as it is being given to sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra ,Maharashtra Govt. is planning to promote corporate farming is the cotton belt of west vidarbha ,this is disaster step that to introduce MNC in the agriculture in the name of relief to dying farmers, American MNC’s are mostly responsible for vidarbha agrarian crisis moreover companies like Monsanto are tha main killer of cotton farmers hence we will not allow this large scale auction of farmers land to corporate houses in the name of relief operation, kishor tiwari declared.
After receiving drum beating remark that present methodologies failed to stop on going vidarbha farmers suicides in order to stop farm suicide chief secretary of
Restoration of advance bonus that price to raw cotton @2700/- per quintal and complete loan waiver are the main issues other than providing food security ,health care, free education and rural employments needs immediate govt. attention,kishor tiwari added.
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Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI
KISHORE TIWARI
PRESIDENT.
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