5 more farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha in two days , July toll reaches 32

5  more farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha in two days , July toll reaches 32

Dated-16 July 2015

Five  farmers have committed suicide in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra over the past two days after the failure of their crops because of poor rainfall, taking the number of farmers who ended their lives in the area this month to 32.

The five distressed farmers took the drastic step after they could not raise funds for fresh sowing of crops following the beginning of the kharif season last month. The crops failed because there has been no rain in the region since the last week of June.

The latest victims of the agrarian crisis were identified as Ganesh wagh of Pentalki village washim, ananda rathode  of bothbodan  village and parmod gaeande of viallge uti(both in Yavatmal district), Rameshwar jamnik of Kalashi in Amravati district and mahohar kalngi ofsalai  in Wardha district. They belonged to the cotton-producing belt of western Vidarbha.

With these deaths, the toll in the region this month has risen to 32, said Kishore Tiwari, president of the Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti, a farmers pressure group. The figure for last month was 78.

As many as 820 farmers committed suicide because of the agrarian crisis till July 13, while the figure for 2014 was 1072, Tiwari said. “The farmers in the region are depressed and distressed as there were no rains in the area since June 18, and the crops that they sowed dried up. They could not generate further funds for fresh sowing,” Tiwari said.

Here is list  

Sr.no.	Date of suicide	Name	Village and district
1	2/7/2015	Dinesh bhonde	Porgavan(wardha)
2	3/7/2015	Santosh chatule	Shendurjana(amaravati)
3	4/7/2015	Pandurang madavi	Watkhed(yavtamal)
4	4/7/1015	Amol vayale	Shirasgoan (yavatmal)
5	4/7/2015	Shaymrao kokarde	Bhivapur(amaravati)
6	5/7/2015	Satish sidram	Gohda(wardha)
7	5/7/2015	Maraotrao atatre	Pandhari(yavatmal)
8	5/7/2015	Harihar karade	Deulgoan(akola)
9	5/7/2015	Narayan thakary	Pimpal vihir (amamravati)
10	6/7/2015	Mahhamad akhil -Saudagar	Katpur(amaravati)
11	6/7/2015	Prakash chavan	Kondhari(yavatmal)
12	7/7/2015	Antaram tekam	Aaledhur(bhandara)
13	7/7/2015	Satish pokle	Rohikhed(buldhna)
14	9/7/2015	Manohar watghule	Pavnar(wardha)
15	9/7/2015	Yadav jivtode	Shembal(chandrapur)
16	9/7/2015	Ramrav naitam	Watched(yavatmal)
17	10/7/2015	Pundlik ukhade	Kinhi (yavatmal)
18	10/7/2015	Ramchandra kumbhalkar	Wadner(wardha)
19	10/7/2015	Raghunath ingale	Khalegoan(buldhana)
20	11/7/2015	Mangilal aade	Manora (washim)
21	11/7/2015	Devidas tayade	Ahmadabad(amaravati)
22	11/7/2015	Baliram bhatkar	Morzadi(akola)
23	12/7/2015	Shalik gedam	Wadhoda(yavatmal)
24	12/7/2015	Vilas gawande	Kalashi(amaravati)
25	12/7/2015	Devidas kate	Dhanaj(washim)
26	13/7/2015	Bapurao zade	Raveri(yavatmal)
27	13/7/2015	Rameshwar jamnik	Kalashi (amaravati)
28	13/7/2015	Pundlik sukalkar	Dabha(pahur)
29	14/7/2015	Pramod gwande	Uti(yavatmal)
30	15/7/2015	Manohar kalngi	Salai(wardha)
31	16/7/2015	Ananda rathode	Bothbodan(yavatmal)
32	16/7/2015	Ganesh wagh	Pen Takli (buldhana)

Only 80,000 of the 4 lakh farmers in the area got crop loans during the kharif season under the government’s scheme to restructure crop loans. A majority of them had to approach money lenders after their crops dried up, he said. “They have no alternative but to take such drastic steps,” he added.

We are sending regular massages to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadanvis ,Nitin Gadkari and Sudhir Munganttiwar only today CM has send SMS reply that he is taking cognizance

Tiwari demanded that farmers affected by the lack of rains should be given fresh loans for re-sowing crops. They should also be provided food grains till the harvesting season, he said.

Earlier in the year, unseasonal rains and hailstorms ruined cotton and soyabean crops in western Vidarbha. Farmers groups said an “unfair” minimum support price set by the government and inflation had raised debts levels among cultivators.

Suicide have spiked in the rain-fed cotton growing region of Vidarbha. A spate of deaths is reported every time the harvest looks bleak, farmers’ representatives said.

“The cause for concern is not just the suicide rate but the entire agrarian situation. Suicides are only an indication of the miserable condition of farmers in the region,” Tiwari said.