Report on Farmer Suicide
Pointers For Farmer Suicide
At least 207 farmers have committed suicide in Telangana in the last four months.
Situation is grim in Warangal where 52 farmers allegedly committed suicide.
35 in Medak, 31 in Adilabad, 28 in Nalgonda, 27 in Karimnagar and 18 in Mahububnagar follow suit.
“A majority of the victims are tenant farmers who pay very high rates to take land on lease, often paying up to Rs 10,000 per acre per season. When their crops fail, they are left in debt. With private financiers hounding them, they take their own lives,’’ said RTI activist B Kondala Reddy.
In Warangal, the groundwater levels went down this September to 8.06 metres below ground level, last September it was at 5.07 metres.
Officials said Warangal received 31 per cent less than normal rainfall this year. The situation is the same in Adilabad with 29 per cent deficit and Nalgonda with 38 per cent less rainfall.
In Medak district where 35 farmers allegedly committed suicide, there was only 44 per cent rainfall putting thousands of paddy, cotton and sugarcane farmers in distress.
since agriculture in Telangana is predominantly dependent on bore wells, depleted groundwater levels coupled with power cuts have hit the farmers. Agriculture Minister P Srinivas Reddy blamed the previous Congress government for the plight of farmers. “The previous government did not create proper irrigation facilities nor has it bothered about the welfare of farmers. The farm loan waiver of the TRS government will aid the farmers immensely,’’ Reddy said.
data put together by the CID, Telangana State, reveals that last year in undivided Andhra Pradesh 2014 persons involved in farming and agriculture activity committed suicide. The report says, 460 were women and 1554 male farmers. The highest number of farmer suicides last year was in Mahbubnagar (287) now in Telangana, followed by Anantapur (256) in Andhra.
Telengana shocked by the rise in farmer suicide.
Telengana has been again filled
At least 207 farmers have committed suicide in Telangana in the last four months.
Situation is grim in Warangal where 52 farmers allegedly committed suicide.
35 in Medak, 31 in Adilabad, 28 in Nalgonda, 27 in Karimnagar and 18 in Mahububnagar follow suit.
“A majority of the victims are tenant farmers who pay very high rates to take land on lease, often paying up to Rs 10,000 per acre per season. When their crops fail, they are left in debt. With private financiers hounding them, they take their own lives,’’ said RTI activist B Kondala Reddy.
In Warangal, the groundwater levels went down this September to 8.06 metres below ground level, last September it was at 5.07 metres.
Officials said Warangal received 31 per cent less than normal rainfall this year. The situation is the same in Adilabad with 29 per cent deficit and Nalgonda with 38 per cent less rainfall.
In Medak district where 35 farmers allegedly committed suicide, there was only 44 per cent rainfall putting thousands of paddy, cotton and sugarcane farmers in distress.
since agriculture in Telangana is predominantly dependent on bore wells, depleted groundwater levels coupled with power cuts have hit the farmers. Agriculture Minister P Srinivas Reddy blamed the previous Congress government for the plight of farmers. “The previous government did not create proper irrigation facilities nor has it bothered about the welfare of farmers. The farm loan waiver of the TRS government will aid the farmers immensely,’’ Reddy said.
data put together by the CID, Telangana State, reveals that last year in undivided Andhra Pradesh 2014 persons involved in farming and agriculture activity committed suicide. The report says, 460 were women and 1554 male farmers. The highest number of farmer suicides last year was in Mahbubnagar (287) now in Telangana, followed by Anantapur (256) in Andhra.
Telengana shocked by the rise in farmer suicide.
Telengana has been again filled