40% rise in farmer suicides in Maharashtra

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Another farmer commits suicide - The Hindu

Even as the State is yet to recover from the shock of alleged suicide by three farmers in western Odisha, another farmer has reportedly ended his life in Khurda district.

Abhimanyu Baliyarsingh, a farmer of Brajasundarpur village in Bolagarh block in Khurda district, was found dead in his field on Sunday. Since Saturday, he was missing from house. His family members traced him in the field on Sunday.

The farmer, who had two sons and two daughters, was rushed to Khurda district headquarter hospital where doctors declared him dead. His relatives claimed that Baliyarsingh had taken loan from different banks and private sources for this year.

Due to scanty rainfall, paddy crop in the kharif season was adversely affected in almost all parts of the State. Realising that he might fail to pay back the loan, Baliyarsingh was said to have consumed poisonous substance.

Meanwhile, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has announced a padyatra from October 14 highlighting agrarian crisis in the State. “Farmer suicides in the State are occurring more frequently now. We will start People Awake March to highlight suffering of farmers,” said OPCC president Prasad Harichandan.

Last month, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had led a ‘Save Farmer March’ in Bargarh where suicides by five farmers had been reported since then.

 

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Four farmers end lives in State

Bengaluru: Oct 14, 2015, DHNS
Four farmers reeling under debt burden and crop loss committed suicide in the State on Tuesday.

Shivanand Ulligeri (44), a resident of Amminbhavi in Dharwad taluk hung himself to death at his house. He had borrowed Rs 70,000 from a bank six years ago and had also availed money from private lenders.

Nagappa Channabasappa Talavara (50) ended his life by jumping into a tank at Kadamanahalli village in Byadagi taluk of Haveri district. According to his family members, Talavara owned three acres jointly with his uncle and had sown cotton and maize. He is said to have borrowed more than Rs three lakh from private persons and was distressed over crop loss. The body was not traced till Tuesday evening.

Eshwarappa Mahadevappa Ullagaddi (53) committed suicide by consuming poison at Varadahalli in Haveri taluk. He owns three and half acres of land.

A Basavarajappa (60) ended his life by consuming poison in Echaghatta village of Davangere taluk. He owned 3.35 acre of land and two borewells he sunk on his land had failed.

The water availability in the third borewell had come down recently. Basavarajappa is said to have borrowed loans totalling to Rs five lakh from various financial institutions.

 

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Maharashtra declares drought-like condition - The Hindu

The Maharashtra government on Friday declared a ‘drought-like condition’ in 14,708 of the 43,000 villages which received less than 50 per cent average rainfall between June and July.

It has announced a series of measures for drought-affected farmers, including the waiver of land revenue and school fees for their children and a 33 per cent waiver in the bill amount of agricultural pumps.


It would provide water tankers in scarcity-prone villages and would ask the State power distribution utility not to disconnect power supply to agriculture pumps.

The Marathwada region has been most affected, with a drought-like condition declared in as many as 8,522 villages in the region.

The Nasik and Jalgaon districts of north Maharashtra have also been severely affected.

Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse said the government had declared a drought-like condition earlier than usual as it was normally declared after an assessment of crop-yields in December. Villages, where the harvest was less than half the average yield would then be declared drought-hit.

Two more farmers commit suicide - The Hindu

Two more debt-ridden farmers committed suicide in Kalaburagi district taking the number of such farmers to 23.

While 25-year-old Earanna Basavaraj Duttaragoan, who consumed pesticide in his house at Bhairamadagi village in Afzalpur taluk on Tuesday, died at the Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital on Friday, 50-year-old Gollalappa Bhimsha Yelgol committed suicide by hanging himself to death in his agricultural field on Thursday night.

The police said that Earanna Basavaraj Duttaragoan had availed himself of a loan of Rs. 20 lakh from a bank. Gollalappa Bhimsha Yelgol had taken a loan of Rs. 2 lakh from private moneylenders.

Gollalappa Bhimsha Yelgol’s standing cotton crop had failed due to deficient rainfall. Earanna Basavaraj Duttaragoan’s crops sown in 5 acres of land did not germinate due to moisture stress, the police added.

Another farmer ends life in Mandya - The Hindu

Debt-ridden T. Ramesh (44) was found hanging at his residence in Taggahalli in Maddur taluk of the district on Saturday.
Yet another incident of farmer committing suicide owing to financial constraints has been reported in Mandya district.

Debt-ridden T. Ramesh (44) was found hanging at his residence in Taggahalli in Maddur taluk of the district on Saturday.

He had drilled two bore-wells, which failed to yield sufficient quantity of waters to take up agriculture at his farmlands, Koppa police, based on his relatives' versions, said.

Mr. Ramesh, a marginal farmer in Taggahalli, had borrowed around Rs. 4 lakh from banks/moneylenders to drill bore-wells and for his personal reasons.

He had also incurred a huge loss due to crash in prices of silk cocoons, police said.

Mr. Ramesh was depressed owing to crop loss and his inability to clear loans.

Officials from departments of police, revenue and agriculture visited Taggahalli and consoled his family.

Villagers demanded suitable compensation to the family of Mr. Ramesh. Officials assured of helping the family as per the available schemes after completing certain procedures.

Koppa police have registered a case of unnatural death.

Investigations are on.

 

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Another farmer ends life in Mandya - The Hindu

Mandya: Even as the number of suicide cases are said to be on the decline, another famer committed suicide in Mandya district owing to financial burden.

T. Ramesh (44) was found hanging at his residence in Taggahalli of Maddur taluk on Saturday. He had drilled two borewells, which failed to yield water, the Koppa police said.

The farmer had borrowed around Rs. 4 lakh from banks and moneylenders to drill the borewells and for personal reasons.

He had also incurred a huge loss due to crash in prices of silk cocoons, the police said.

Officials from the revenue and agriculture departments visited Taggahalli and consoled his family.

Local residents demanded suitable compensation to the family.

 

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Tribal farmer commits suicide in Khammam - The Hindu
A young farmer of a tribal hamlet in Garla mandal in Khammam District of Telangana, who allegedly consumed pesticide over a fortnight ago at his native place, died during the course of treatment at a hospital in Warangal on Sunday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Bukya Veeranna, 26, a tenant farmer of Kotya Naik Tanda under Pocharam gram panchayat in Garla mandal. Veeranna allegedly swallowed pesticide at his home over two weeks ago due to financial problems caused by successive crop failures.

He died at the MGM Hospital in Warangal in the early hours of Sunday after battling for life for nearly two weeks. He is survived by his wife and a son.

 

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Another farmer commits suicide in Odisha - The Hindu

Suicide cases continue unabated in western Odisha districts with a farmer allegedly ending his life in Nuapada district by hanging himself on Thursday.

The farmer identified as Bhubaneswar Behera (62 years), a land loser in Lower Indra Project in Barpadar village under Khariar block, took the extreme step apprehending crop loss on his 2.5 acres of land this year.

His body was sent for post-mortem. Behera had already been under mental stress as he had not received compensation for the land acquired for canal of Lower Indra Project.

According to his son Basant Behera, they had four acres of land. Around 1.5 acres of land including their homestead land was acquired for the canal. The deceased had received only Rs. 60,000 as compensation while around Rs. 2.5 lakh was still to be paid.

He had allegedly taken loan from private money lenders to carry out this year’s kharif crop. With prospects of incurring loss looking imminent, the farmer committed suicide by hanging himself. Police seized the body and sent for post-mortem.

In Nuapada district, this was third case of farmer suicide in last 10 days.

 

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Two farmers commit suicide in Hassan district - The Hindu

Two farmers committed suicide in Hassan district on Sunday night. Krishne Gowda (55) of Agrahara village in Magge hobli of Arakalgud taluk hanged himself at his residence.

According to his relatives, Gowda was disappointed as his paddy field was ruined due to lack of rainfall and irrigation facilites. He had borrowed loan of Rs. 3.5 lakh from a bank, besides a private loan of Rs. 2.5 lakh.

In a similar incident, Ramesh (40), a farmer in Honnavara near Dudda in Hassan, committed suicide by hanging himself.

60-year-old farmer commits suicide - The Hindu


Another farmer committed suicide by allegedly consuming pesticide in Bonhal village in Surpur taluk in Yadgir district on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as Ningappa Devappa (60) of Bonhal village.

Arun Kumar Kulkarni, Surpur tahsildar, said that officials are checking the details of loans that the farmer had taken. He owned eight acres of land in the village and cultivated the cotton crop which damaged severely due to drought, Mr Kulkarni added.

A case has been registered in Surpur police station.

Tenant farmer ends life in Prakasam - The Hindu

A tenant farmer committed suicide in his farm at Tatiparthivaripalem, near Inkollu in Prakasam District on Monday.

The farmer, K. Srinivasa Rao (47) went to his farm to see his cotton and chilli crops in the morning and ended his life by consuming pesticide on the farm itself disappointed with the condition of crops, Chirala Deputy Superintendent of Police C. Jayramaraju said.

The tenant farmer, who had grown cotton in 2 acres of land and chilli in another one acre, was clueless on clearing his debts of over Rs. 3 lakh. He was under pressure to clear loans taken by him from private money lenders for raising crops and also meet expenditure towards education of his son studying B.Tech and his daughter studying in a junior college, Inkollu Sub-Inspector Ramakrishna said.

Five farmers commit suicide - The Hindu

Owing to mounting debt burden on account of crop failure, five farmers committed suicide in the State on Sunday. Two of them were from Karimnagar and one each from Mahabubnagar, Khammam and Adilabad.

Sai Reddy (38) consumed pesticide at his house in Mallayepalle of Pangal mandal in Mahbubnagar district.

At Katkur village of Bheemadevarapalli mandal of Karimnagar, a woman farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticide.

In the second case in Karimnagar, a cotton farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticide on his field at Bushanraopeta village of Kathalapur mandal.

Rajireddy, 49, cultivated cotton on his four acres of land and sunk 10 borewells. The crop failed and, unable to clear the debts, he resorted to the extreme act.

In Khammam district, a distressed woman farmer committed suicide by jumping into an agricultural well at Kotyanaik Tanda in Garla mandal. A 25-year-old cotton farmer from Kobbai village in Bela mandal of Adilabad distsrict committed suicide by consuming pesticide on his field. According to police, he was perturbed over failure of crop in the nine acres he had cultivated.

 

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Five farmers end life - The Hindu

Five debt-ridden farmers committed suicide in different parts of the State.

In Mandya district, Sannaiah (58) ended his life by jumping into the Mandagere Canal of Hemavati Dam near Akki Hebbalu in K.R. Pet taluk on Monday morning. His relatives told K.R. Pet police that mounting debts and crop loss had forced Sannaiah to take the extreme step.

In Hassan

Krishne Gowda (55) of Agrahara village in Magge hobli of Arakalgud taluk ended his life by hanging at his residence on Sunday night. His family found the body on Monday morning. According to relatives, Krishne Gowda was depressed as he had borrowed Rs. 6 lakh and his paddy field was ruined due to drought. He is survived by his two daughters and son.

In another incident, Ramesh (40) of Honnavara near Dudda in Hassan committed suicide by hanging. He had cultivated ginger and had suffered loss. Ramesh had borrowed a loan of Rs. 5 lakh.

In Kalaburagi

Two farmers ended their lives in Kalaburagi district on Monday.

Siddappa M. Hirekurubur (45), who had availed a loan of Rs. 5 lakh to take up cultivation on 20 acres, committed suicide by consuming pesticide at his house in Jewargi on Sunday night.

Another farmer, Siddaramappa Tadkal, ended his life by hanging at his residence in Kajuri of Aland taluk. He had availed Rs. 4 lakh loan for agricultural purposes.

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Tenant farmer ends life - The Hindu

A tenant farmer, K. Srinivasa Rao (47), committed suicide by consuming pesticide in his farm at Tatiparthivaripalem, near Inkollu in Prakasam district on Monday.

Rao was distressed with the condition of his crops, Chirala DSP C. Jayramaraju said. The tenant farmer had grown cotton in two acres and chilli in another acre. He had incurred a debt of over Rs. 3 lakh and was under pressure to repay the loan taken from private moneylenders.

A part of the money was also spent to meet the expenses towards education of his son studying B.Tech and his daughter studying intermediate in a junior college, Inkollu Sub-Inspector Ramakrishna said.

 

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Distressed farmer commits suicide in Mandya - The Hindu

Updated: October 28, 2015 05:46 IST

A farmer allegedly committed suicide at Thirumala Sagar Chatra in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district by consuming poison on Tuesday.

The police gave the name of the farmer as Mahesh (26).

According to the information made available by the police, the deceased farmer had taken a loan of Rs. 4 lakh from different sources for agricultural purpose as well as for meeting some urgent personal commitments. He took the extreme step for not being able to repay the loan, the police said.

A case has been registered.

 

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the Odisha government had admitted 3,602 farmers had ended their lives. The government, however, pointed out that not a single suicide was not due to agricultural reason.
“In these cases, government seems to be buying time and may probably attribute non-agricultural reasons to the spate in farmer suicides,” said Dayasagar Pradhan, a Bolangir-based activist.

At present, allegations about more than 50 farmers’ suicides have been reported from all over the State. The rate of suicide is high in western Odisha districts. In Bolangir district, five suicides have been reported. But the State government is yet to publicly admit that the suicides are due to crop failure.


Two more farmers commit suicide in Mandya - The Hindu
Two more farmers, who had debts to clear, allegedly ended their lives by hanging from the ceiling at their residences in Maddur taluk of the district in the wee hours of Thursday.

Whilst Channegowda (40) committed suicide at Malagaranahalli, Chikkonu ended his life in Thaggahalli. The duo had taken loans for managing agricultural operations and for personal reasons, Maddur police said.

Channegowda had around 1.5 acres of land and had been growing paddy and other crops. He was clueless on repaying loans to the tune of around Rs. 2 lakh. Hence, he took the extreme step, Channegowda’s relatives reportedly told the police.

At Thaggahalli

Chikkondu, who owned three acres of land, had taken a loan of Rs. 4 lakh from banks and moneylenders, police said. According to his family, he committed suicide due to the outstanding dues. He had raised paddy, ragi and sugarcane at his fields. But, he lost his standing crops due to shortage of water.

On getting information, revenue and police officials visited the villages to gather information.

Since June this year, more than 65 farmers had committed suicide in Mandya district owing to the agrarian crisis.

 

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Andhra Pradesh declares 196 mandals as drought-hit | Zee News
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government has declared 196 mandals (revenue units comprising a varying number of villages)in seven districts, as drought-affected during the Kharif season of this year.

"Government after careful examination of the recommendations of the Committee on Drought and keeping in view of the reports furnished by the District Collectors have decided to declare 196 mandals (out of a total 670 in the state) in seven districts of Andhra Pradesh viz Srikakulam-10 Prakasam- 21, Nellore-14, Chittoor -39, Kadapa-33, Anantapur- 39 and Kurnool?40, as Drought affected Mandals in Khariff-2015," a Government Order (GO) said.

Majority of the drought-hit mandals are in the Rayalaseema districts of Kurnool, Kadapa, Chittoor and Anantapur, while others are in the coastal districts of Srikakulam, Prakasam and Nellore.

Consequent to the declaration of drought, the government directed the concerned district Collectors to notify the specific drought-hit areas in the District Gazette to enable farmers to avail credit facilities.

The district Collectors have also been directed to initiate other relief measures as per the norms.

During South West Monsoon-2015 (June 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015), the state received a rainfall of 519.7 mm as against the normal rainfall of 549.1 mm with a deviation of (-) 5.4 per cent, whereas rainfall received during the previous year (2014) was 375.7 mm with a deviation of (-)32 per cent for the corresponding period, the GO said.

 

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Three more farmers commit suicide in Mandya - The Hindu

Despite the announcement of waiver of penal interest of farmers accumulated till September end by the State government, suicides by farmers continue unabated in the district.

Driven to despair by mounting debts, three marginal farmers allegedly ended their lives in different parts of the district since Thursday night.

K. Siddaramegowda (55) of Ranganathittu village near Hirikalale, in K.R. Pet taluk, committed suicide by consuming poison on Thursday. According to his wife Chikkamma, he consumed poison at 10.30 p.m. He died on the way to hospital.

The farmer had 1.5 acres of land and had taken Rs. 4 lakh as loans from private persons and banks for agriculture/personal reasons, the Kikkeri police, based on the first-information-report, said.

Nagendra (32) of Gopalapura in Mandya taluk was found hanging from the ceiling at his residence on Friday morning, Mandya Rural station police said. According his family members, he had taken loans of Rs. 3.5 lakh from various sources for cultivation on his 3.5 acres of land.

Appaji (48) of Annegowdana Doddi in Maddur taluk committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence. He might have taken the extreme step on Thursday night, but the incident came to light on Friday morning. His family members reportedly told the Koppa police that he had borrowed Rs. 3 lakh from moneylenders and banks.

Three cases of unnatural deaths were registered. The police personnel concerned have launched investigations to ascertain the exact reasons for the alleged suicides.

 

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Four farmers commit suicide in Mandya

Mandya: Oct 31, 2015, DHNS:

Four farmers, reeling under debt burden, committed suicide in separate incidents in Mandya district on Friday.
Nagendra (32) of Gopalapura in Mandya taluk was found hanging dead at a cowshed near his house. His father owns four acres of land and Nagendra used to grow sugar cane on the said land. He could not sell the produce to sugar factories which are yet to start crushing, and hence suffered losses. He had availed a loan of Rs 4.25 lakh including Rs three lakh from private moneylenders.

Anand (37) ended his life by hanging himself at his house in Holalu village. He is said to have borrowed Rs six lakh from various sources.

Sixty-nine-year-old Appaji committed suicide by consuming pesticide in Annedoddi village of Maddur taluk. He owned an acre of land and had taken lease of one more acre. He was growing sugar cane, mulberry and other crops and had borrowed up to Rs three lakh, mostly from private moneylenders. While most of the crop withered due to scarcity of water, he did not get returns from sericulture.

Siddaramegowda (50) a resident of Hirikalale, in KR Pet ended his life by consuming pesticide. He had sown ragi, ginger and pulses on his two-acre land. His crops withered due to scarcity of water as the borewells on his land failed. He had borrowed Rs three lakh, mostly from private moneylenders.

 

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Five more farmers commit suicide - The Hindu

Updated: November 1, 2015 08:18 IST

Odisha is witnessing a steady rise in farmer suicides with worsening of drought situation as five more farmers allegedly ended their lives during past 48 hours.

Total number of farmer suicides, as per unofficial estimate, in the State now reached 60 while the State government put the figure at 41.

A young farmer, Laxmidhar Putel, under Belpada block of Bolangir district drank pesticide after realising that his cotton crop would not give desired yield. He was rushed to nearby Patnagarh hospital where he breathed his last. In Bolangir, at least seven farmer suicides have been reported.

In neighbouring Nuapada district, farmer Sadhu Nial committed suicide by hanging himself from beam. Nial became distressed when he could manage yield of only 2.5 quintal of paddy from three acres of land in his ancestral village in Bolangir district. When his wife, an agricultural labourer, went out for work, he took the extreme step.

Report of another suicide was received from Dhenkanal district. Bhramar Nayak of Odapada block consumed pesticide in the morning. He was rushed to Dhenkanal District Headquarter Hospital where doctors could not save him. On Friday, one death each was reported from Kalahandi and Bolangir district.

Farmer suicides spree, which has become a public embarrassment for the Naveen Patnaik government, has been going on since September. However, the State government has not yet acknowledged that the suicides are due to crop failure. As per the District Collectors’ reports, farmers had committed suicide either due to family problem or consumption of liquor.

Two farmers end life in Mysuru district - The Hindu
Updated: November 1, 2015 05:39 IST
Two farmers from K.R. Nagar taluk in the district committed suicide on Saturday.

Krishne Gowda (60) of G. Hattikuppe grama, consumed poison after he concluded that he would not be able to repay the loan taken from moneylenders and the Rs. 25,000 he had availed himself from a public sector bank. He was shifted to the K.R. Hospital in Mysuru where he died.

In another case, Govindanayaka (50) of Muddinahalli committed suicide by hanging himself as he was reportedly under pressure to repay the Rs. 1 lakh that he had borrowed from a cooperative bank.

The K.R. Nagar police have registered a case.

Two farmers commit suicide - The Hindu
Two debt-ridden farmers committed have suicide in Yadgir and Kalaburagi districts, respectively.

The name of the farmer who died in Ukkanal tanda in Shahpur taluk of Yadgir district on Friday was given as Ramesh Chowhan (35). He had taken Rs. 4 lakh as loan from a bank and moneylenders.

According to sources, he had cultivated cotton on five acres on the outskirts of the tanda and was upset when the crop failed owing to scanty rainfall. Ramesh Babu Halu, tahsildar of Shahpur, and other officials visited the tanda. A case has been registered at Gogi police station.

In Kalaburagi

Surappa Talwar (40) hanged himself at his house in Birnalli village in Chincholli taluk in Kalaburagi district on Saturday. He had cultivated red gram on three acres and suffered crop loss due to poor monsoon. He was not in a position to repay the loans of Rs.1 lakh taken from moneylenders. A case has been registered .