Cotton Farmer Commits Suicide

Punjab is seeing a surge in farmer suicides since August. Districts in the cotton belt of Malwa region are worst-hit. Farmer unions claim close to 100 farmers have committed suicide in Sangrur, Bathinda and Mansa.

15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.

He lived with honour, till the killer droughts in Maharashtra's Marathwada region over the past few years took all he had, his self-respect and ultimately his own life. Embarrassed at not being able to repay a loan of Rs three lakh, a cotton farmer, Kailash Dambare, hanged himself in Beed district.

The death of an indebted farmer often pushes his family and children into a worse crisis, especially when the administration doesn't come forward to support.

In 72 hours, 12 farmers from Vidarbha region in Maharashtra committed suicide due to crop losses, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samittee chief Kishore Tiwari announced today.

A farmer hailing from Surendranagar District of Gujarat's Saurashtra region allegedly committed suicide by immolating himself at a cotton marketing yard in adjoining Jasdan taluka on Wednesday, reportedly after not getting a good price for his cotton produce.

Three cotton farmers from Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh allegedly committed suicide owing to indebtedness and crop failure, police said on Thursday.

The farm lands seem to have once again turned into killing fields in Andhra Pradesh, with more than 80 per cent of the state declared drought-hit and government policies offering no succour to the farmers. At least 95 farmers had committed suicide in just six districts surveyed in October, the number of such deaths went up to 157 in the next one mo...

The cotton farms in Andhra Pradesh have turned into killing fields for farmers. At least 90 farmers have committed suicide in the last two months; the reason - monsoon failed them and so did the government.

A woman hailing from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, who recently became famous after appearing on quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), has written a letter to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi threatening to commit suicide due to "atrocities" by a local Congress leader and police.

With five cotton growers committing suicide on Thursday, a total of 507 farmers have killed themselves during 2011 alone in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO fighting for farmers' rights said on Friday.

Punjab is seeing a surge in farmer suicides since August. Districts in the cotton belt of Malwa region are worst-hit. Farmer unions claim close to 100 farmers have committed suicide in Sangrur, Bathinda and Mansa.

15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.

He lived with honour, till the killer droughts in Maharashtra's Marathwada region over the past few years took all he had, his self-respect and ultimately his own life. Embarrassed at not being able to repay a loan of Rs three lakh, a cotton farmer, Kailash Dambare, hanged himself in Beed district.

The death of an indebted farmer often pushes his family and children into a worse crisis, especially when the administration doesn't come forward to support.

In 72 hours, 12 farmers from Vidarbha region in Maharashtra committed suicide due to crop losses, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samittee chief Kishore Tiwari announced today.

A farmer hailing from Surendranagar District of Gujarat's Saurashtra region allegedly committed suicide by immolating himself at a cotton marketing yard in adjoining Jasdan taluka on Wednesday, reportedly after not getting a good price for his cotton produce.

Three cotton farmers from Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh allegedly committed suicide owing to indebtedness and crop failure, police said on Thursday.

The farm lands seem to have once again turned into killing fields in Andhra Pradesh, with more than 80 per cent of the state declared drought-hit and government policies offering no succour to the farmers. At least 95 farmers had committed suicide in just six districts surveyed in October, the number of such deaths went up to 157 in the next one mo...

The cotton farms in Andhra Pradesh have turned into killing fields for farmers. At least 90 farmers have committed suicide in the last two months; the reason - monsoon failed them and so did the government.

A woman hailing from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, who recently became famous after appearing on quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), has written a letter to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi threatening to commit suicide due to "atrocities" by a local Congress leader and police.

With five cotton growers committing suicide on Thursday, a total of 507 farmers have killed themselves during 2011 alone in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO fighting for farmers' rights said on Friday.