10 more Vidarbha Farmers suicides reported on the eve of winter session
When Maharashtra chief minister was taking tea party with MNS M.L.A.s and opposition parties BJP-SS MLAs were boycotting Tea same time wet drought hit cotton farmer Ravindra Khoke (age-30) from village Dehegoan in Yavatmal was awaiting postmortem who committed suicides in the morning .
In last 48 hours ten more vidarbha farmers suicide have been reported and victims are identified as
1.RAVINDRA KHOKE OF DHAGEGOAN IN YAVATMAL
2.SHAYMRAO SOLANKI OF NER PANGLAI IN AMARAVATI
3.ARUN MAHURLE OF CHIKHALGOAN IN CHANDRAPUR
4.HEMANT PADOLE OF OF BORGOAN INWARDHA
5.YUVRAJ PUDAKKARE OF VIRALI IN BHANDARA
6.VIJAY WANKHEDE OF BORGOAN(MANJU) IN
7.SUDHIR SABLE OF ANAKWADI IN AMARAVATI
8.ZHAGANLALAN RAHGANDALE OF PADULKOMA IIN GONDIA
9.SUBHASH ADHAV OF UTI IN YAVATMAL
10.AJAY DHANDE OF HINGANGHAT IN WARDHA
Taking tally has touched 700 mark in the year 2010 ,informed Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Janndolan Samiti informed today .
This year farm suicide spiral has reached paddy growers of east vidarbha and highest numbers farm suicides are being reported from Bhandara and Gondia district and excessive rain and wet drought has lost paddy, cotton and soybean and initial losses already crossed Rs.4000 crore and more losses are likely to be reported as after khariff and the ruby crop have taken major hit in recent heavy rain in November
‘At present more than 3 million wet drought hit farmers are facing starvation as they are not covered under public distribution system and there is no crop of paddy or jawar thai is very pathetic situation ’
“Distressed and dying farmers needs food security ,health facility to critically ill members of distressed farming community and provision for direct financial assistance to daughter marriage along with free fodder and potable water but till date only promises are given ,not relief resulting these farmers suicides” alleged Kishore Tiwari of VJAS.
‘we are expecting central intervention to stop this mass genocide of innocent farmers who are victims of wrong policies promoted by state as in dry land area rain sensitive crop like Bt.cotton is being cultivated in more than 95% causing huge financial losses to the cotton farmers and water crisis in the area. We have demanding the ban on rain sensitive crop in this region and promotion of food crop in all rain fed area of vidarbha since 2004 but nobody is giving any attention to this serious demand resulting more and more farm suicides in the region’ Tiwari added,
"Only a price of 4,500 can help cotton growers tide over the difficult situation caused by excessive rains, we will ask all parties to help cotton growers of
Maharashtra State Co-Operative Cotton Marketing Federation silver jubilee function on November 28 in Mumbai amidst mounting losses and prospects of a lower cotton production of the produce this year in the state has left dying 3 million vidarbha cotton farmers most dejected when Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has rejected the demand made by Dr.N.P.Hirani chairman , Maharashtra State Co-Operative Cotton Marketing Federation that this year in Maharashtra record 42 lacs hector cotton has been lost due to wet drought and cotton cultivation cost has been double hence central Govt. to raise minimum support rice (MSP) to Rs.4,200 quintal from today’s Rs.3000/- per quintal which unchanged by CACP since 2007,Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Janndolan Samiti informed today .
Pl arrange to publish this press note
KISHOR TIWARI
President
Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti
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