Marathwada Suicides

As many as 1,088 farmers died by suicide in eight districts of Marathwada in 2023, a report from the divisional commissioner's office revealed.

The Marathwada region of Maharashtra reported 1,023 farmer suicides in 2022, up from 887 in the previous year, an official from the divisional commissioner's office said.

Certain water and irrigation schemes are being halted in Marathwada, and there is fear that this may lead to farmer suicides in the drought-prone region if it doesn't get sufficient rainfall, BJP MLA Prashant Bamb has said.

Marathi actor Ashutosh Bhakre was found dead at his home in Nanded town in the Marathwada region, the police said on Wednesday. The police have confirmed suicide.

Maharashtra is among the states that have witnessed maximum farmer suicides and much of it has been blamed on successive droughts, which many say can be prevented with better water management especially in areas like Marathwada that get less rainfall.

Two debt-ridden farmers ended life in the last 48 hours in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, officials said.

Thirty-four farmers have committed suicide in Marathwada region of Maharashtra in the last eight days, a government report said on Wednesday.

It is mid-April and the Beed district of Marathwada has already seen 44 farmer suicides since the beginning of the year.

A 28-year-old woman, who was 'harassed by her in-laws' for money, allegedly threw her three minor children into a well and then jumped into it in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, police said today.

The police say the two were fed up with the financial stress they were under due to a failed crop and mounting debt.

Actor Nana Patekar is an emotional man but it's rare to see him on the verge of tears. But as he spoke to NDTV about the severe drought in Maharashtra, the quiver in his voice was unmistakable.

Maharashtra's top legal officer Shreehari Aney, who resigned on Tuesday after a furore in the state assembly over his controversial speech where he advocated separate statehood for Maharashtra's backward region of Marathwada, told NDTV he had no regrets as he spoke in the interest of the state.

A BJP legislator in Mumbai has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC) seeking a ban on "rain dance" functions in the metro during the festival of Holi.

This 45-year-old farmer in Maharashtra ended his life just a day before the state cabinet toured the drought-hit Marathwada to assess the ground-level situation in the region. The situation is so grim that the dams in the region are left with just six per cent of water.

In what seems to be an unprecedented move, the entire council of 28 ministers of the Maharashtra government will be touring the drought-hit region of Maharashtra on Friday.

As many as 1,088 farmers died by suicide in eight districts of Marathwada in 2023, a report from the divisional commissioner's office revealed.

The Marathwada region of Maharashtra reported 1,023 farmer suicides in 2022, up from 887 in the previous year, an official from the divisional commissioner's office said.

Certain water and irrigation schemes are being halted in Marathwada, and there is fear that this may lead to farmer suicides in the drought-prone region if it doesn't get sufficient rainfall, BJP MLA Prashant Bamb has said.

Marathi actor Ashutosh Bhakre was found dead at his home in Nanded town in the Marathwada region, the police said on Wednesday. The police have confirmed suicide.

Maharashtra is among the states that have witnessed maximum farmer suicides and much of it has been blamed on successive droughts, which many say can be prevented with better water management especially in areas like Marathwada that get less rainfall.

Two debt-ridden farmers ended life in the last 48 hours in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, officials said.

Thirty-four farmers have committed suicide in Marathwada region of Maharashtra in the last eight days, a government report said on Wednesday.

It is mid-April and the Beed district of Marathwada has already seen 44 farmer suicides since the beginning of the year.

A 28-year-old woman, who was 'harassed by her in-laws' for money, allegedly threw her three minor children into a well and then jumped into it in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, police said today.

The police say the two were fed up with the financial stress they were under due to a failed crop and mounting debt.

Actor Nana Patekar is an emotional man but it's rare to see him on the verge of tears. But as he spoke to NDTV about the severe drought in Maharashtra, the quiver in his voice was unmistakable.

Maharashtra's top legal officer Shreehari Aney, who resigned on Tuesday after a furore in the state assembly over his controversial speech where he advocated separate statehood for Maharashtra's backward region of Marathwada, told NDTV he had no regrets as he spoke in the interest of the state.

A BJP legislator in Mumbai has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC) seeking a ban on "rain dance" functions in the metro during the festival of Holi.

This 45-year-old farmer in Maharashtra ended his life just a day before the state cabinet toured the drought-hit Marathwada to assess the ground-level situation in the region. The situation is so grim that the dams in the region are left with just six per cent of water.

In what seems to be an unprecedented move, the entire council of 28 ministers of the Maharashtra government will be touring the drought-hit region of Maharashtra on Friday.