Vidarbha reports seven farmer’s suicides during ‘CM’s Two Vidarbha
Tour’- Dying Farmers crying as drought relief Measures are Peanut
30 November 2014
When newly elected Maharashtra CM
Devendra Fadnavis was reviewing vidarbha
crisis in his two days tour of farm suicide affected region same time seven
debt trapped distressed and drought ridden farmers killed themselves as per
reports indentified as Kashiram Indore and Digabar Nimbhokar from Akola
district ,Vinod Malik and Kisan Shanwhare from Amaravati, Suresh Gugul from Chandrapur,Raju
Rathode from Washim ,Ramkrishnna Gawande from Buldhana taking toll 1022 in the year 2014 which is showing increasing trend in last five years as
region is grilling severe drought and agrarian economic recession as farmers are
being forced to sale only cash crop cotton and soybean in much more lower rate
than minimum support price moreover their cost cultivation has been double and
production has been dropped to 50% as per GR issued by Govt. of Maharashtra on
25th November 2014 ,Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti only
activist group monitoring farm suicide in Vidarbha since 1995 has termed these recent farm suicides since new BJP ruled Modi Govt. as farmers genocide due to
continuous apathy and betrayal from promises of addressing farm suicides issues
of hostile minimum support price, exploitation
of farmers from free economy ,very poor credit facility of banking institute
and completely failed disaster management even after the repetitive alerts of
severe drought and crop failure in the region since June 2014 and matter of National
Shame when Indian Prime Minister has
come to power by making vidarbha farmers suicides as key issue of national
election and giving toll promises of raising MSP as per Modi formula of
investment plus 50% profit and taking banker to doorstep of farmers for crop loan but all elections talks are turning to hoax
,which is fueling more despair and increasing farmers suicides in region.
Maharashtra Govt. has rubbed salt
on the wound of the farmers when they declared relief aid package admitting
severe drought in 10,000 villages of vidarbha region affecting 2 million
farmers but all relief measures have ignored basic demands of crop failure
compensation, crop loan waiver , providing food, fodder, water and employment to crisis driven distress rural population of
region ,when last two days vidarbha reported seven innocent farmers genocide
same time other drought hit region marathawada of Maharashtra has reported seven farmers more suicides which
is much more irritating as all political parties are doing dirty politics of
issue but not serious for the requisite relief aid ,Tiwari added.
The Delegation of distressed
farmers met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
at Amravati on 28th November and submitted six demands asking
Rs.25,000 per hector compensation due to crop failure , complete crop loan
waiver, 100 days wage subsidy under NAREGA to drought hit farmers , free food, health
and education security to all drought hit families of the region and complete
ban of liquor and gambling like mataka ,Tiwari urged CM in his meeting