Vidarbha hailstorm hit Farmer’s and dying farm widow’s ‘Save
Vidarbha' Protest on 1st MAY Mah. Day
Yavtmal 30th April 2014
When administration will be celebrating state government’s
Maharashtra Day on 1st MAY but it is not the case with five million distressed
dying farmers recently hit by historic hailstorm and massive raining in august last
suffering heavy damages as per official records amounting more than Rs.10, crore
even state Govt. declared Rs.4000 crore as relief in March this year and
Rs.3000 crore last year and restore pending crop of debt trapped farmers but aid starved farmers are committing
suicides and banker forceful recoveries
are on moreover apathy of Govt. toward more than 12000 farm widows of ill fated
cotton farmers who have committed suicide since 2005 has forced them starvation
as basic demands of food security and family security pension is still pending will be sitting on protest ‘Dharna’ on 1st
may Maharashtra day,Kishor Tiwari, president of Nagpur-based Vidarbha Jan
Andolan Samiti, (VJAS), in a Press release .
‘Vidarbha Agrarian Crisis is result of last 54 years of
backlog and apathy which has treated region as it’s colony when they are
celebrating the grand MAH. Day celebration,
we are observing the fast to remember the farmers who have committed suicides
in west vidarbha due to wrong policies of the state and complete neglect toward region .more than
5 million farmers and 6 million tribal in vidarbha region have been denied
basic security of food, healthcare and employment freezing all fundamental
rights betraying all toll promises given at the time of Maharashtra State
formation on 1st may 1960 now people of wants complete reassessment of
situation and separate the vidarbha region to stop farmers and tribal on going
Genocide’ Tiwari added.
The protest hunger strike has been organized by VJAS which
has been keeping track of farm suicides in Vidarbha region and working for
empowerment of hundreds farm widows in the region main demands of vidarbha farmers
are disbursement fresh crop loan and relief aid every hailstorm and drought hit
farmers ,minimum support price (MSP) Rs 6,500
a quintal during for next kharif season ,food security and family pension all vidarbha
farm widows ,Kishore Tiwari informed .