Five Vidarbha farmers suicides in last 48 hours : Maharashtra Govt. made mockery of Prime Minister Relief Package

Five Vidarbha farmers suicides in last 48 hours :

Maharashtra Govt. made mockery of Prime Minister Relief Package as Rs.3000 crore spent on irrigation but failed increase single acre under irrigation.

Nagpur-19th feb.2010

The news of 16 vidarbha farmers suicides in last week is till being reported in Indian and abroad ,five more farmers have killed themselves in last two days as per reports reaching in Nagpur ,the recernt victims of on going vidarbha agrarian crisis are

1.Dhanuji Sapkal of Dhamangoan(Band) in Buldhana.

2.Pramod Ghagi of Pawanain in Chandrapur

3.Jayantrao Phate of Sawalpur in Amravati

4.Mohan Chavan of Dehni in Yavatmal

5.Gajanan Kopulwar of Mandavi in Yavatmal

Earlier last week in 8 days 16 farmers committed suicides due to crop failure as more than 14000 villages have officially declared drought hit by Maharashtra Govt. but no relief aid has been till decleared,

It was expected that administration will take stock of situation and attend crisis to provide urgent relief but nothing has happened resulting the restart of farm suicide spiral that reflects on going administration apathy to the national agrarian crisis serious inssue,informed Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti in press note

The innocent victims of vidarbha agrarian crisis who committed suicide from 8^th feb., to 15^th feb. are

1.SunilDeshmukh in Ner –Yavatmal

2.Sachin Lokhande in Kelwat –Amaravati

3.Balkrishana Wakhode in Danapir-Akola

4.Mankarabai Dutonde in Antari –Akola

5-Gulabrao Thorat in kelwat –Buldhana

6.Ekanath Ladke of Panoli in Chandrapur

7.Sudharkar Sabale of Ashgoan in Amaravati

8.Tukaram Bawane of Mansawali in Distt-Amaravati

9.Bhanudas Kangane of Palaskhed in Buldhana

10.Ravi Lengure of Sonbardi in Yavtamal

11.Chandu rathode of mohdari in Yavatmal

12.Gajanan manchelwar of pandharkawada in Yavatmal

13.Gajanan wankhede of Asara in Yavatmal

14.Vinod kale from Nindipeth in Akola

15. Manoj more of unkhed in Akola

16.Raju bobde of sawli wagh in Wardha

Maharashtra Govt. made mockery of Prime Minister Relief Package as Rs.3000 crore spent on irrigation but failed increase single acre under irrigation

After visit of Indian prime minister Dr.manmohan singh to vidarbha on 1^st july 2006 and decleared speacil relief package of Rs.3750 crore and more than Rs.3000 crore being claimed to have spent in various irrigation schemes and projects in last four years but net result of crating the irrigation facilities in this west vidarbha is almost zero as urea under irrigation has not increased by single acre where rubi crop cultivation area has been drop down by more than 50% in comparison to year 2006 that from 1.8.lacs hector to 72 thousands hector which lowest in this decade more over as per administration reports these villages has facing the problem of water ,fodder ,food and employment but till date any single district administration has not started any relief work resulting migration of thousands farmers for the want of work .ground condition is worst than June-2006 and now it’s time for Indian intervention to solve vidarbha agrarian crisis as all relief package failed to give any result ,Tiwari urged.

VJAS urged Indian Prime Minister intervention in vidarbha agrarian crisis to address the Dying Farmers to attend issues of Free Health Care, Food Security, Rural Employment , Fodder To Save Dying Cattle ,Drinking Water to Rural Masses and Cattle on priority basis so that prevailing acute distress can be minimize and farmers suicides can be controlled ,Tiwari said.

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Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

KISHORE TIWARI

VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI