Govt. apathy on Vidrabha Agrarian Crisis continued now NHRC summons Maharashtra Chief Secretary summoned
Vidarbha region of Maharashtra has been reporting farmers @ one farmer every
8 hours since but Govt. apathy towards crisis has shown its climax when chief
sectary of Maharashtra Govt. was forced to summons even after administration
failed to respond human right panels repeated notices and reminder, the
Maharashtra Govt. non-serious attitude and zero response to NHRC was even
brought to the notice of supreme court of India but babus in state
administration are unmoved hence we demand stern action against chief sectary
of Maharashtra and suspension respective collectors of vidarbha districts
,Kishor tiwari of vidrabha janandolan samiti(VJAS) demds in press realease
today.
It is reported that the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) has issued summons to
the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra in one case and to District Collector of
Yavatmal in another case, for their failing to submit replies to the commision
on the farmer suicides in the Vidarbha region
on September 12th, 2012 NHRC issued notice Maharashtra chief secretary onmedia report of vidrabh
farmer suicides returnable in four weeks but till date report is waited ,here
is NHRC details
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National Human Rights Commission
has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra on the
basis of a media report alleging that seven farmers committed suicide in the
past 72 hours in the Vidarbha region. The press report was carried on 4th
September, 2012. The Chief Secretary has been asked to respond to the
allegations within six weeks.
Allegedly, Dhayneshwer Thakary,
Pramod Mamankar, Kanikrao Kukade, Vitthal Bhogare, Shyam Sahare, Doulat Kukade
and Chakradhar Choudhary were those who committed suicide recently. As per
documentation done by Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), 528 farmers had
committed suicide in the Vidarbha region between the 1st January and the 2nd
September this year. The cause of suicides, as reported in the press report, was
damage to the cash crops like soya, paddy and cotton because of heavy rain in
the area.
The Commission has observed that
the media report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights
of farmers.
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The Chief Secretary of
Maharashtra is yet to give his version of the farmer suicides in September,
2012, despite the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) notice seeking a
reply to the incidents within four weeks of its receipt date, which ended on
November 19 lastly matter was brought before supreme court of India but till
there is no response hence this summon to mahrahstra chief secretary ,Tiwari
added.
The apex human rights panel
issued the notice to the Chief Secretary based on a petition filed by Supreme
Court lawyer and rights activist who
highlighted the sorry state of farmers in Vidarbha region of the state.
As many as 565 farmers had ended
their lives since January this year owing to the acute agrarian crisis in the
region, the petitioner said.
Shivaji Wagh and Baliram Wagh of
Pokhari village, Ramesh Kharat of Giroli village and Prakash Jadhav of Koregoan
village in Buldhana district, Sunil Choudhari of Karanja Tehsil in Washim
district, Yashwant Chavhan of Sultanpur village in Amravati district and
Shankar Mudalkar of Yari village in Yavatmal district have reportedly committed
suicide in four days of September, Tiawri said.
Baliram Wagh and Shivaji Wagh,
who hanged themselves in two hours, are father and son. It is reported that
Baliram had committed suicide around 10 am on Saturday and the news of his
death led his father to end his life. With the suicides of seven farmers,
allegedly prompted by a massive pest attack on their crops causing huge loss,
the toll of farmers’ suicide in Vidarbha reached 59 in September.
Right requested the NHRC to
investigate the issue, carry out post mortem examination, file a magisterial
enquiry report of the incidents and direct the government of Maharashtra
to ensure the farmers of human rights and pay compensation to the kin of the
deceased.
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