more farm suicides reported in vidarbha-india

VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI

11, Trisaran Society, In front of Somalwar School, Khamla, Nagpur – 440 025

Tel No. (0712) 2282457 Mob No. 9422108846 kishortiwari@gmail.com

===================================================================

Ref : VJAS/relief package-07 PRESSS-NOTE 5th November, 2007

More Farm Suicides Reported In Vidarbha-India

Taking Toll To 998 Since 1^st Jan.2007 .

Nagpur-5^th November, 2007

Four more distressed farmers committed suicide in last 48 hours in on going vidarbha agrarian crisis and in last two months more than 50 farm suicides have been reported from paddy growing region of east vidarbha and official farm suicide figure has crossed once again 100 mark in October showing the sign of increasing distress in farming community .now it has been official that Maharashtra state has reported highest numbers of farm suicides in last three years more over vidarbha region has reported maximum farm suicides has already crossed 10,000 mark in last decade.

four recent victims of vidarbha agrarian crisis are

1.SANGPAL DOLE OF PACHOL IN WARDHA

2.PRAKASH MORE OF TAKLI IN BULDHANA

3.SURESH BHADKE OF SAONER IN AMARAVATI

4.MANSARAM GOVINDI OF SONALA IN CHANDRAPUR

taking the figure of farm suicides of year 2007 in vidarbha in six district is reaching 1000 mark that’s 998,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	113
		october	102
		novermber	10
total	797		998

VJAS URGED UPA CHIEF SMT. SONIA GANDHI TO SAVE VIDARBHA FARMERS

After union agriculture minister sharad pawar has moved complete loan waiver as part of distress relieving measure of million of dying vidarbha farmers and Maharashtra chief minister vilasrao deshmukh has also made it clear that they are no objection letter to central govt. for complete loan waiver to vidarbha cotton farmers ,in this change circumstances VJAS has urged UPA convener smt.Sonia Gandhi to urgent life saving measures as daily three to four farm suicides are being reported since june-2005. Maharashtra Govt. has already taken the decision in principle to give Rs.1500 per hector to maximum to five hector relief aid to all cotton growers but this aid is also pending due financial nod too.

VJAS has been demanding along with loan waiver and restoration of raw cotton price ,food security ,health care and rural employment package but prime minister’s rs.3750 crore relief package is till missing the same. Govt. has been promoting non-chemical farming on paper but practically they are official agents of US seed MNC Monsanto and promoting Bt. cotton through it’s seed cooperation ‘MAHABEEZ’, Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti informed in a press release “if Govt. is serious to save vidarbha dying farmers then they should act fast kishor tiwari added. reacting on the on going delay in state decision to give relief to more than 3 million dying farmers of vidarbha.

Please arrange to publish this press note

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI

KISHORE TIWARI

PRESIDENT.

kishortiwari@gmail.com

contact-09422108846