No New Year's Cheer For Tamil Nadu Farmers As State Battles Crisis | Read

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In Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district, the tail-end of the state's delta region, New Year's Day was not a new beginning but the end for 47-year-old farmer Panneerselvam. He had taken two acres on lease and had a debt of Rs. 35,000. The crop dried up and so did his hope. He hung himself to death.

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