Monday, February 8, 2010

Six vidarbha Farmer Suicides reported in last two days due to Drought

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Ref-vidarbha agrarian crisis-2010 PRESS-NOTE Dated-09th feb.2010

Six vidarbha Farmer Suicides reported in last two days due to Drought :VJAS urged Indian Agri. Minister Sharad Pawar to look at dying vidarbha farmers in place of IPL-3 Cricket .

Nagpur-09th feb.2010

Vidarbha farmers suicide spiral is likely to restart after the state Govt. declared drought in 14,059 villages in vidarbha due to complete crop failure that has increased despondency and gloom as six more farm suicides reported in last two days in west vidarbha ,three are from yavatmal district ,two from akola and one from wardha ,these are district which are covered under mega multi thousand crore Prime Minister Relief Package being implemented sine july-2006 , informed Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti in press note .

The innocent farmers who killed themselves inlast two days are due to vidarbha agrarian crisis

1.Chandu rathode of mohdari in Yavatmal

2.Gajanan manchelwar of pandharkawada in Yavatmal

3.Gajanan wankhede of Asara in Yavatmal

4.Vinod kale from Nindipeth in Akola

5. Manoj more of unkhed in Akola

6.Raju bobde of sawli wagh in Wardha

Recetaly maharashtra Govt. has declared more than 140000 villages of vidarbha as drought hit after last Anewari (crop yield estimate) given administration has been shown around 45% that’s complete loss cotton crop in the region .as per administration reports these villages has facing the problem of water ,fodder ,food and employment but till date any single district administration has 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 prime minister to revisit the vidarbha inoder to take review of his relief package ,Tiwari urged.

VJAS urged Indian Agri. Minister Sharad Pawar to look at dying vidarbha farmers in place of IPL-3 Cricket .

Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti in letter to faxed today to agriculture minister sharad to pay attention to the severe agrarian crisis of maharashtra and spare some time from his busy schedule of IPL-3 cricket .

It has long pending demand of vidarbha dying farmers to have fulltime Agriculture Minister who can 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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Yours faithfully,

For VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI

KISHORE TIWARI

PRESIDENT.

kishortiwari@gmail.com

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