Hyderabad Farmer Suicide

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

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.

Poverty-hit farmers of Telangana are questioning Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao's yagna, being held at a cost of several crores of rupees.

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.

A 45-year-old farmer from Telangana's Nizamabad district allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to an electric pole at Lower Tank Bund in Hyderabad today, police said.

A single village in Telangana chief minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao's home district Medak, has recorded 34 farmer suicides, five of them after the new state of Telangana was born. Opposition parties say even though farmer suicides are being reported everyday, the chief minister is reluctant to declare a drought.

The eyes of 12-year-old Vinoda well up with tears each time she recalls how her father said sorry to her before he died. A cotton farmer in Telangana's Medak district, Balanarasaiah had drunk pesticide last month, leaving behind his two children, his mother and a debt of Rs 3 lakh.

As many as 37 farmers have committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh due to indebtedness since July last year, state Agriculture minister P Pulla Rao said in Hyderabad today.

One year after its formation, Telangana is one of the richest states in the country, next only to Gujarat. Yet its Achilles Heel is proving to be farmer suicides, with at least 950 deaths reported in the new state. Forecast of a deficient rainfall could mean a second terrible year in succession. Last year, Telangana was among the most monsoon defic...

Ten months ago, Suresh Bikasapathi's father had committed suicide. Today, he dreams of becoming a software engineer. The young man has scored 87% in his Class X board exams.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Telangana last evening, has begun a 15-kilometre padyatra or trek through five villages, each of which has seen a farmer suicide in the last year.

The Telugu Desam Party today sought to embarrass Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao by organising a dharna in Hyderabad, with the widows and children of nearly 100 farmers who have killed themselves in KCR's home district of Medak.

Swapna was returning home from her first day at work as a farm hand when we reached Vangapadu village in Warangal district. The first year B.Com student told us she had spent all day applying fertiliser to cotton saplings in a field some three kilometers away.

On his way from Hyderabad to Nizamabad for his fast for farmers in Telangana, YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy's convoy was today greeted by stone-pelters and also some pro-Telangana protesters. Jagan supporters and huge police presence dotting his route, however, soon managed to shout them down.

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

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.

Poverty-hit farmers of Telangana are questioning Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao's yagna, being held at a cost of several crores of rupees.

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.

A 45-year-old farmer from Telangana's Nizamabad district allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to an electric pole at Lower Tank Bund in Hyderabad today, police said.

A single village in Telangana chief minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao's home district Medak, has recorded 34 farmer suicides, five of them after the new state of Telangana was born. Opposition parties say even though farmer suicides are being reported everyday, the chief minister is reluctant to declare a drought.

The eyes of 12-year-old Vinoda well up with tears each time she recalls how her father said sorry to her before he died. A cotton farmer in Telangana's Medak district, Balanarasaiah had drunk pesticide last month, leaving behind his two children, his mother and a debt of Rs 3 lakh.

As many as 37 farmers have committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh due to indebtedness since July last year, state Agriculture minister P Pulla Rao said in Hyderabad today.

One year after its formation, Telangana is one of the richest states in the country, next only to Gujarat. Yet its Achilles Heel is proving to be farmer suicides, with at least 950 deaths reported in the new state. Forecast of a deficient rainfall could mean a second terrible year in succession. Last year, Telangana was among the most monsoon defic...

Ten months ago, Suresh Bikasapathi's father had committed suicide. Today, he dreams of becoming a software engineer. The young man has scored 87% in his Class X board exams.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Telangana last evening, has begun a 15-kilometre padyatra or trek through five villages, each of which has seen a farmer suicide in the last year.

The Telugu Desam Party today sought to embarrass Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao by organising a dharna in Hyderabad, with the widows and children of nearly 100 farmers who have killed themselves in KCR's home district of Medak.

Swapna was returning home from her first day at work as a farm hand when we reached Vangapadu village in Warangal district. The first year B.Com student told us she had spent all day applying fertiliser to cotton saplings in a field some three kilometers away.

On his way from Hyderabad to Nizamabad for his fast for farmers in Telangana, YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy's convoy was today greeted by stone-pelters and also some pro-Telangana protesters. Jagan supporters and huge police presence dotting his route, however, soon managed to shout them down.