VIDARBHA FARMERS SUICIDE-9422108846

Yavatmal district is on farm suicide volcano as five farmers suicide reported in last 2 days where as 22 farmers killed themselves in this month –VJAS urged Indian Prime Minister to provide relief aid to dying farmers

Nagpur -27^th November 2009

The condition of drought in vidarbha and yavatmal distrci in particular is getting day by day worst as five more farmers in yavtmal district in last 2 days where as 22 innocent farmers suicide already reported in this month only killed themselves due to crop failure and acute distress due to huge debt .Names of the recent 22 victims in yavatmal distrcict are –

LIST OF THE FARMERS SUICIDES IN YAVATMAL DISTRCIT IN THIS MONTH TILL 26^TH NOVEMBER-2009

SR.NO	DATE	NAME	VILLAGE
1	3/11/2009	BANDU PAWAR	ASOLI
2	4/11/2009	MOHAN URKUDE	RUDHA
3	4/11/2009	JANRAO MARASKOLHE	ANTARGAON
4	5/11/2009	BHUMANNA MENGAWAR	SATPAELLI
5	5/11/2009	VASANT KASARKAR	BORI ARAB
6	5/11/2009	SADASHIV RAJANKAR	KURHA
7	7/11/2009	KAILAS LADKE	NARLI
8	14/11/2009	DATTARAO PANDAGALE	BHAM
9	17/11/2009	BABUSINGH RATHODE	JAWALA
10	17/11/2009	LAXMAN SILLEWAR	MUKUTBAN
11	17/11/2009	MUDHUKAR GADDAMWAR	MUKUTBAN
12	17/11/2009	VIJAYA YULURE	ZADGAON
13	17/11/2009	SUHANIBAI BHANAWAT	MANDVA
14	18/11/2009	KUNAL GULHANE	JAWALA
15	21/11/2009	DEVISINGH JADHAV	PANGRI
16	21/11/2009	BHASKAR MANDAVKAR	LADKI
17	21/11/2009	PRABHU MESHRAM	PAHAPAL
18	25/11/2009	DUALAT MAHURE	ZAMKOLA
19	25/11/2009	MAROTI MESHRAM	SAKHI
20	25/11/2009	ABHIMAN BHURE	KIHNI
21	26/11/2009	KHUSHAL KHANDAVE	TIWRI
22	26/11/2009	DIPAK SHIDOD	PATHARAD

In fact in month of Noember more than 58 farmers in drought prone vidarbha have committed suicide and TAKING TOLL 895 IN YEAR 2009, Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti informed in press release today.

In Vidarbha around 2 million hector soybean sowing damaged due to dry spell alonwith with 3.2 million hector Bt.cotton crop has been failed due to pest attack has been main reason of the economic impact of in the vidarbha region which has created this despair and distress this is killing the farmer most, Tiwari added.

VJAS in letter to faxed today along with list of farmers killed them selves , asked Indian Prime Minister to provide free health care, food security, rural employment , fodder to save dying cattle ,drinking water to rural masses and cattle on priority basis so that prevailing acute distress can be minimize and farmers suicides can be controlled ,Tiwari said.

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Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI

KISHORE TIWARI

PRESIDENT.

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