Heavy Rain & Wet Drought - 23 Yavatmal farmer’s suicide reported since June

Heavy Rain & Wet Drought - 23 Yavatmal farmer’s suicide reported since June 

NAGPUR: 29^th August 2013

Yavatmal District, the epicenter of vidarbha farm suicide spiral  has reported 24 record farmers suicides since June to till date after heavy rain and flood damaged crop and every day debt trapped aid starved farmers is being reported but local administration has turned blind eye to these innocent genocide as neither single paisa as relief nor the farm credit is being given even after   Maharashtra chief minister Prathaviraj chavan has announced the relief package Rs.2000 crore and hostile and corrupt administration is responsible  for these farm suicides , Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) informed today .

As per media reports in last 80 days recent 24 vidarbha agrarian crisis victim  of Yavatmal district alone are

Sr.No.	Name	Village	Taluka	District
1	Madhukar Shivankar	Dahegoan	Ralegoan	Yavatmal
2	Narendra  Thakare	Kosdani	Arni	Yavatmal
3	Kailas Khandare	Dongarkharda	Ralegoan	Yavatmal
4	Mangesh Charde	Gangadevi	Kalmb	Yavatmal
5	Gajanan Bawane	Chicholi	Yavatmal	Yavatmal
6	Pradip Pawar	Shivar Tanda	Arni	Yavatmal
7	Ganesh Pandhare	Kapeshwar	Arni	Yavatmal
8	Atul Dethe	Wadgoan	Yavtmal	Yavatmal
9	Gajanan Gatkawar	Vanjari	Kelapur	Yavatmal
10	Subhash Sakharkar	Dolambwadi	Digras	Yavatmal
11	Santosh Rathode	Dhanora	Digras	Yavatmal
12	Manohar Bhoyar	Taroda	Wani	Yavatmal
13	Manohar Dethe	Wadgoan P.S.	Yavatmal	Yavatmal
14	Laxman Tekam	Mahandoli	Kelapur	Yavatmal
15	Vithal Vaivhare	Theradi	Umarkhed	Yavatmal
16	Madhukar Phunase	Pahur	Arni	Yavatmal
17	Dadarao Meshram	Nakapardi	Yavatmal	Yavatmal
18	Bhummana Andhewar	Pedhari	Kelapur	Yavatmal
19	Anil Marape	Thanegoan	Ghatanji	Yavatmal
20	Santosh Sidam	Mangi	Kelapur	Yavatmal
21	Manchak Jadhav	Kuwati	Umarkhed	Yavatmal
22	Nathu Zade	Bodhad	Wani	Yavatmal
23	Bhika Rathode	Panhala	Pusad	Yavatmal

“All farm suicides are from villages which are flood affected and flood salvaged area and collector yavatmal  district was asked visit families and to report ground truth of distress and despair forcing farmers to kill themselves by Maharashtra chief minister and to  take fresh survey of but Yavatmal collector has not moved out of A/C cabins and till today has not visited single family where debt trapped and aid starved farmers committed suicide    more over all survey of crop damages are being done on office table resulting  depriving  million families in yavatmal  who are flood affected  from aid who are facing heavy damages to main  crop of cotton, soya, paddy and tur in more than 50,000 acre  if apathy of administration is continued ground situation likely fuel more distress and more farm suicides  are feared if immediate central intervention is not reached to dying Yavtmal flood hit people” Tiwari added.  

The unseen record rain in drought prone vidarbha has been creating havoc and one lac families homeless and massive damage to standing crop in an around a million hector amounting more than Rs.20,000 crore hence Maharashtra Govt. being urged to give relief to 2 crore  rain-flood hit population  of vidrabha  as flood-hit are in urgent need of food, compensation, fresh credit and medical help , Tiwari added.

Vidarbha rain-flood crisis needs integrated relief package that should address compensation crop damages to all farmers as rain is till continued  the flood victims are crying for help and property ,credit restoration and fresh crop loan to vidarbha  farmers ,food security for all effected families under antyodaya, free health services  and 100% reimbursement of  fees for higher professional education is need of the hour, Tiwari  urged Maharashtra CM but local administration ground report is not in line with crisis delaying needy help to distressed people.