Cotton Farmer Commits Suicide

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  Farmer Suicides Rising in Punjab. Here's Why.

  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.

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  12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt

  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.

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  Foolish to Commit Suicide, But No Honour, No Life: Farmer's Suicide Note

  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.

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  In Telangana, 2 Orphaned Children Stare at Debt, Bonded Labour

  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.

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  12 Farmers in Vidarbha Commit Suicide In 72 Hours

  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.

• Gujarat Cotton Farmer Sets Himself on Fire Over Low Returns

  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 farmers commit suicide in Andhra Pradesh

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

• Farmer suicides on the rise in Andhra: 157 deaths in two months

  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...

• Harvest of death on Andhra Pradesh's killing fields

  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.

• Vidarbha farmer's widow writes to Sonia Gandhi, seeks help

  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.

• Five farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha

  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.