Central Govt. & NDRF ignoring Maharashtra
Agrarian crisis-Four more Vidarbha Farmers Suicides in a Day
Dated-15th January 2015
Maharashtra is grilling under severe drought and state Govt. announced
relief aid to more than 8 million people of around 30,000 thousands villages
amounting Rs,7000 crore expecting more than Rs.5000 crore from central Govt.
and from National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) as per the guidelines of NDRF but
recent meeting of high level committee
under Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting for
Central Assistance to States affected by natural disasters delhi yesterday
which was attended bu the Union Minister for Finance Shri Arun Jaitley, the
Union Minister of Agriculture Shri Radha Mohan Singh and Senior Officers of the
Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance and Agriculture but severe agrarian crisis
and ongoing farmers suicides in drought effected vidarbha and marathawada
region was not even discussed as Committee examined the proposals for financial
assistance to Andhra Pradesh for Hudhud cyclone, Arunachal Pradesh for floods
and landslides and Karnataka for some parts of the State affected by floods and
some parts affected by drought. The Committee also examined the proposal for
financial assistance to Uttar Pradesh where some parts of the State were
affected by hailstorm and some parts affected by drought,this is nothing but
mockery of Maharashtra agrarian crisis ,alleged Kishor Tiwari farm
advocacy group Vidarbha Janandolan Samti (VJAS) informed in press release
today.
The ongoing farm suicide spiral is in agrarian crisis hit vidarbha
region is continue in new year 2015 as in
last 24 hours four more farmers suicides reported ,they are 1.shaymrao lokhande
of village loni and 2. Dilip sakhare of village pipalkhuta both in amaravati
and 3.suresh kakad of village thevthana in akola and 4.moreshwar shatrakar of
viilage akoli in yavatmal taking too 23 in this month whereas 1142 innocent
distressed and aid starved farmers killed themselves in year 2014 even The Supreme Court is examine the issue of suicide deaths by
debt-ridden farmers from drought-hit state of Maharashtra which witnessed a
horrific incident of a 75-year-old tiller lighting his own funeral pyre in
Vidharbha region last month, now National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has
taken serious cognizance of the complainant filed by farm advocacy group
Vidarbha Janandolan Samti (VJAS) regarding Saiyad Ansar Ali and other farmers
of vidarbha. farmers suicides ,VJAS convener Kishor Tiwari informed today .
"The pathetic plight of farmers has reached an alarming situation",
farmers are seeking an immediate relief of Rs 25,000 per hectare of land from
Maharashtra Government to the drought-hit farmer families along with a complete
or reasonable waiver of crop loans to farmers but central Govt. apathy is
forcing the farmers of Maharashtra kill themselves which is matter of national
shame when NDA has made vidarbha farm
suicide as major election issue promises better cost and credit for farm
produce and agriculture but all promises are turning out to be hoax, Tiwari said
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