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Ref : VJAS/relief package-07 PRESSS-NOTE 10th November, 2007

Another black diwali for vidarbha cotton farmers as official toll crosses 1000 mark since 1^st jan.2007 .

Nagpur-10^th November, 2007

On diwali day debt trapped cotton farmer Maroti Ramji Gedam tribal consumed pesticide in remote village tumup under parwa police station of yavatmal district and his dead body awaiting the post mortem at the govt. hospital arni along with five more distressed farmers committed suicide in last 48 hours in on going vidarbha agrarian crisis when rest of India was celebrating "diwali" coincidentally the official figure of west vidarbha farm suicides crossed 1000 mark and this is second year in succession when official farm suicides has crossed 1000 mark as last year 1662 farmers suicides reported by maharashgtra Govt.,kishor tiwari of vidarbha jan andolan samiti informed today on second day of diwali.

SIX recent victims of vidarbha agrarian crisis are

1.EKNATH NAMDEO KADU IN AMARAVATI

2.ASHOK MAHADEV DEWAI IN CHNADRAPUR

3.BABULAL JAYRAM RATHODE IN YAVATMAL

4.ANAND PANDURANG KEDAR IN YAVATMAL

5.VASANT BHIKAJI UMARE IN YAVATMAL

6.MAROTI RAMJI GEDAM IN YAVATMAL

taking the figure of farm suicides of year 2007 in vidarbha in six district has crossed 1000 mark that's 1014,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	26
total	797		1014

VJAS urged civl societies save vidarbha dying 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 ,but in reality nothing is happening as urgent life saving iad is also not reaching dying vidarbha farmers when daily three to four farm suicides are being reported since june-2005. VJAS urged all national and international communities and civil societies to come forward to help million of dying vidarbha farmers as per govt. own suvey around 2million farming community members are in deep distress and needs urgent healing touch ,kishor tiwari added.

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.

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Yours faithfully,

For VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI

KISHORE TIWARI

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