Farmer Suicide In Telangana

Stating that Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of farmers' suicides in the country, BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said in Nanded that the time has come for peasants to take the reins of the country.

Four years back, the K. Chandrashekar Rao government in Telangana had promised a compensation of Rs 6 lakh to the families of 200 farmers who had died by suicide.

A frightening scenario is unfolding in Telangana's Warangal district that has been infamous as the cotton farmer suicide capital of the country. At least 21 farmers have killed themselves in the last two weeks in the district, including four farmer suicides in Parvathagiri Mandal that never used to report farmer suicides.

Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...

When the government outlawed 86 per cent of India's currency, burying his hope of selling land to pay off growing debts, Varda Balayya of Dharmaram village in Telangana killed himself and tried to poison his entire family by mixing pesticide in their chicken curry

A 60-year-old farmer and his son died moments after eating chicken curry laced with pesticide on Tuesday night.

Telangana: After three successive years of drought, the region of Telangana is on furlough from drought. Record rain in September delivered windfall endowments to large dams, where, when the monsoon peaked, delighted locals took selfies posing against the gushing water. But the celebrations were premature. 134 farmers killed themselves in August an...

Words failed Kanakamma. She could only fold her hands in a gesture of gratitude - meant for the hundreds of people who have come out forward to support her after her husband Kanakaiah, a farmer from Telangana, committed suicide.

As many as 116 farmers have committed suicide due to agrarian reasons so far this year, with maximum cases reported in Maharashtra, followed by Punjab and Telangana, Parliament was informed today.

The division bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising the Acting Chief Justice DB Bhosle and Justice Naveen Rao have directed the Telangana government to file a status report on various measures taken for curbing the farmers' suicides.

The spate of suicides by farmers in Telangana rocked both houses of the state legislature today.

Farmers' suicides due to agrarian distress, redesigning of irrigation projects and drought in parts of the state are expected to rock the Monsoon session of Telangana Legislative Assembly beginning in Hyderabad tomorrow.

On Saturday evening in Hyderabad, as the Telangana cabinet discussed farmer suicides, less than 10 km away, a 58-year-old man climbed the high wall of a pump house and hanged himself with a towel.

Telangana has roped in sports icons to help distressed farmers even as it announced on Sunday that it is hiking compensation for farmer suicide from one and a half lakh rupees to six lakh rupees.

The Telangana government has decided to hike compensation for farmer suicide deaths from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 6 lakhs. The decision was taken after a five-hour cabinet meeting that discussed farmer suicide deaths and agriculture crisis in the Telangana districts this kharif season.

Stating that Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of farmers' suicides in the country, BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said in Nanded that the time has come for peasants to take the reins of the country.

Four years back, the K. Chandrashekar Rao government in Telangana had promised a compensation of Rs 6 lakh to the families of 200 farmers who had died by suicide.

A frightening scenario is unfolding in Telangana's Warangal district that has been infamous as the cotton farmer suicide capital of the country. At least 21 farmers have killed themselves in the last two weeks in the district, including four farmer suicides in Parvathagiri Mandal that never used to report farmer suicides.

Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...

When the government outlawed 86 per cent of India's currency, burying his hope of selling land to pay off growing debts, Varda Balayya of Dharmaram village in Telangana killed himself and tried to poison his entire family by mixing pesticide in their chicken curry

A 60-year-old farmer and his son died moments after eating chicken curry laced with pesticide on Tuesday night.

Telangana: After three successive years of drought, the region of Telangana is on furlough from drought. Record rain in September delivered windfall endowments to large dams, where, when the monsoon peaked, delighted locals took selfies posing against the gushing water. But the celebrations were premature. 134 farmers killed themselves in August an...

Words failed Kanakamma. She could only fold her hands in a gesture of gratitude - meant for the hundreds of people who have come out forward to support her after her husband Kanakaiah, a farmer from Telangana, committed suicide.

As many as 116 farmers have committed suicide due to agrarian reasons so far this year, with maximum cases reported in Maharashtra, followed by Punjab and Telangana, Parliament was informed today.

The division bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising the Acting Chief Justice DB Bhosle and Justice Naveen Rao have directed the Telangana government to file a status report on various measures taken for curbing the farmers' suicides.

The spate of suicides by farmers in Telangana rocked both houses of the state legislature today.

Farmers' suicides due to agrarian distress, redesigning of irrigation projects and drought in parts of the state are expected to rock the Monsoon session of Telangana Legislative Assembly beginning in Hyderabad tomorrow.

On Saturday evening in Hyderabad, as the Telangana cabinet discussed farmer suicides, less than 10 km away, a 58-year-old man climbed the high wall of a pump house and hanged himself with a towel.

Telangana has roped in sports icons to help distressed farmers even as it announced on Sunday that it is hiking compensation for farmer suicide from one and a half lakh rupees to six lakh rupees.

The Telangana government has decided to hike compensation for farmer suicide deaths from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 6 lakhs. The decision was taken after a five-hour cabinet meeting that discussed farmer suicide deaths and agriculture crisis in the Telangana districts this kharif season.