VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI
REGD. OFFICE: 11, TRISARAN SOCIETY, KHAMLA,
PH. 2282447/457 MOBILE-9422108846.
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REF: -FARMERS SUICIDES VISIT-REPORT DATED
MENDHOLI-SUICIDE OF FATHER-SHANKER THUL (49) AND SON-SANDEEP THUL (22) ON 13TH JULY IS UNTOLD TRUTH OF VIDARBHA AGRARIAN CRISIS(report with photos)
MENDHOLI-(TALUKA-SAMUDREPUR-DISTT.WARDHA)
DATED-16TH JULY-2006 TIME-4.30P.M.
AFTER I SAW NEWS REPORT THAT ON 13TH JULY IN VILLAGE MENDHOLI HARDLY 80 K.M. AWAY FROM NAGPUR FATHER AND HIS YOUNG SON COMMITTED IN BROAD DAY LIGHT, IT WAS NOT CONVINCING REPORTS PUBLISHED IN REGIONAL MEDIA SO OUR FAT FINDING TEAM STARTED IN THE MORNING TO VISIT VILLAGE MENDHOLI FROM PANDHARKAWADA VJAS HEAD QUARTER AND REACHED JAM AND ASKED THE AUTOSTANDWALA TO SHOW US ROUTE TO GO TO MENDHOLI THEN HE TOLD US THAT MENDHOLI IS 16 K.M. AWAY FROM JAM NEAR NANDORI BUT THERE IS NO ROAD TO REACH THIS VILLAGE. THEN MY DRIVER TOLD ME THAT IT’S NOT POSSIBLE TO TAKE OUR INDIGO CAB IN SIDE FARMS WHEN THERE IS NO ROAD LASTLY I DECIDED TO MOVE TO MENDHOLI .
AFTER NANDORI YES THERE WAS BOARD OF MENDHOLI BUT THERE WAS NO ROAD LASTLY WE KEPT CAR ON THE ROAD ITSELF THEN WALKED FOR 2 K.M., LASTLY WE MET ONE MR.ETANKAR WHO TOOK US TO THAT ROADLESS MENDHOLI VILLAGE(see phot-1)
HE TOLD US THAT IN RAINY DAYS FOR 4 MONTHS WE HAVE NO CONTACT WITH OUT SIDE WORLD. SCHOOL IS ALMOST CLOSED AS TEACHER COMING FROM HINGANGHAT ARE NOT COMING DUE WATER LOG IN THE FIELD .HEALTH SERVICES AND ALL OTHER SCHEME ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL DURING THIS PERIOD.
WE REACHED MENDHOLI THERE WERE ALL MOST 20 PEOPLE WAITING TO RECEIVE US INCLUDING VILLAGE SARPANCH MRS.VISHAKA JEEVAN MANJEWAR .THEY THOUGHT I AM POLITICAL LEADER TO VISIT MENDHOLI BUT WHEN I ASKED DID ANY BODY VISITED THIS PLACE BEFORE THEY TOLD NOT SINGLE OFFICER AND POLITICIANS HAVE VISITED THIS PLACE. I JUST ASKED TO ONE NIRWAN THUL WHO TOLD US THAT HE IS BROTHER OF SANDEEP THUL WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE THAT WHY THERE ARE CONTRADICTING REPORTS PUBLISHED DIN THE NEWS PAPERS THEN EVERY BODY STARTED TELLING US THAT NON OF THE REPORTER VISITED MENDHOLI AS ON TODAY WHAT THEY REPORTED THAT IS FROM HINGANGHAT HOSPITAL ONLY WHERE BODIES OF BOTH SHANKAR AND SANDEEP THUL WERE TAKEN FOR POSTMORTEM.
LASTLY WE WERE TAKEN TO VERY SMALL MUD HOUSE OF MAHARPURA OF THE VILLAGE AS THUL ARE FROM MAHAR COMMUNITY.
I ASKED TO NANA MAHADEV THUL REGARDING THE FACT TO 13TH JULY AND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH SHANKAR FAMILY ,THEN NANA WENT IN SIDE HOUSE AND BROUGHT SHANKAR’S WIFE WHO IS ILL SINCE LAST 6 MONTH AND SHANKAR ONE DAUGHTER MS.ARCHANA(19) WHO IS NOW IN MENTAL DISTRESS AND ADMITTED IN HINGANGHAT HOSPITAL .I ASKED SHANKAR’S WIFE SHKUNTALA(45) THAT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY THEN SHE BROKE AWAY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE HOUSE DUE MY COSTLY PRIVATE DOCTOR TREATMENT AND PRESSURE FURTHER EDUCATION OF MS.ARCHANA WHO HAS PASSED 12TH STD. RECENTLY. (pl ses photo
SHANKAR WAS GOING DAILY TO MAHARASHTRA BANK NANDORI SINCE 1ST JYLY BUT BANK MANAGER HAS RETURNED HIM 5 TIMES LASTLY HE WENT TO COLLECT HIS CROP LOAN AND ALSO ARRANGED FOR RS.2000 BRIBE TO BE PAID TO MANAGER FRO SANCTIONING THIS CROP LOAN MR.NIRWAN SON NANA THUL TOLD US BUT SHANKAR DID NOT RETURNED BY 3.30P.M. AND SANDEEEP CONSUMED POISON, EVERYBODY TRIED TO TAKE HIM TO HOSPITAL IN CART BUT IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY SO IT TOOK 2 HOURS TO TAKE HIM ON THE AND BY THAT TIME HE WAS DEAD .AFTER SUICIDE OF SANDEEP, SHANKAR CAME BACK TO MENDHOLI ONLY TO SEE DEAD BODY OF HIS SON THAT SHOCK TRIGGERED HIS SUICIDE AND HE WENT IN SIDE HOUSE CONSUMED WHOLE BOTTLE PESTICIDE AND DIED ON THE SOPT.WHOLE VILLAGERS DID COLLECTION TO TOOK BODIES FOR POSTMORTEM TO HINGHAGHAT AND THEN THE FUNERAL. WE WERE TOLD THAT BOTH SHANKAR AND SANDEEP NEVER SHOULD TO DRINK, THEY WERE VERY HARD WORKING FARMERS AND WERE VERY HAPPY TILL 4-5 YEARS BACK BUT INCREASED EXPENSES AND LESSER PROFIT IN FARMING RUINED THEIR HAPPINESS.
SANDEEP EVEN THOUGH HE IS S.C. HE COULD NOT GET THE JOB AS FAMILY WAS NOT HAVING THE MONEY TO GET HIM SELECTED,NIRWAM THUL TOLD US.
THIS YEAR FAMILY WAS NOT HAVING ME TO EAT MORE OVER ILLNESS SHAKUNTALA HAS ADDED FUEL IN THE DISTRESS. NON-COOPERATION OF BANKERS IS MAJOR FACTOR OF FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT LEAD THESE TWO SUICIDES.
WE WERE TOLD BY VILLAGERS THAT IN SUMMER NO WORK WAS AVAILABLE FROM DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, PDS SYSTEM IS NOT FUNCTIONAL AND KEROSENE IS SOLD @ RS.20 PER LITER.
WHEN WE ASKED VILLAGER WHAT IS REMEDY TO THIS SUICIDES, THEY SPOKE ONLY PROFIT MAKING FARMING CAN SAVE US FROM THESE CRISIS.
I OFFERED FREE HEALTH SERVICE AND FULL TREATMENT COST OF SHANKUNTALA THUL AND OFFER THE SMALL AID TOO. TILL DATE POLICE AND ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT REACHED THE PLACE AND THERE ARE CHANCES OF FURTHER SUICIDES OF SHANKAR’S WIFE SHAKUNTLA AND DAUGHTER MS.ARCHANA ,PLEASE ANY BODY MAY CONVEY OUR REQUEST SARPANCH VISHAKA ASKED ME, THEN I TOLD HIM THAT WE HAVE ONE P.SAINATH IN HINDU NOT IN THIS TYPE OF HINDUSTAN ,I WILL TELL HIM YOUR PAIN AS HE HAS HABIT SHARING SUCH PAINS IN SLEEP LESS NIGHTS WRITING THROUGH OUT NIGHT ON INDIAN RURAL CRISIS AND HE MAY WRITE ON MENDHOLI TOO BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME .YOU HAVE CARE THESE TWO HOSTILE ILL LADIES OF THE FAMILY, ALL VILLAGER TOLD WE TAKE CARE TILL YOU COME BACK.
THEN I RECEIVED CALL ON MOBILE BY ZARI TALUKA PRESIDENT SURESH BOLENWAR INFORMED ME THAT ONE BHALCHANDRA DASARU ATRAM ,GOND TRIBAL OF VIALLAGE MUDGAWAN IN ZARI BLOCK YAVATMAL DISTRICT COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE MORNING OF 16-TH JULY ,WE HAVE TO RUSH TO PANDHARKAWADA COTTAGE HOSPITAL TO SAVE HIM. THEN I LEFT MENDHOLI IN HURRY ASKING ALL VILLAGERS WE WILL COME BACK SOON
PLEASE ARRANGE TO PUBLISH THIS ARTICLE SOON,
REGARDS,
KISAHOR TIWARI
VIDARBH JANANDOLAN SAMITI
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