TOLL OF FARMERS SUICIDE IN VIDARBHA SINCE JUNE-2005

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

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REF: - FARMERS SUICIDES VERY-URGENT- PRESS-NOTE DATED- 21ST^H OCTOBER, 2006

TOLL OF FARMERS SUICIDE IN VIDARBHA SINCE JUNE-2005

TOUCHES TO 1000 MARK:

4 FARMERS SUICIDES ON DIWALI EVE:IT’S ALL TIME HIGH 464 FARMERS SUICIDE IN FIRST 142 DAYS THIS KHARIF SEASON 2006 COMPARE TO 77 IN 2005

DELAY IN COTTON PROCUREMENT TILL 15^TH NOV. THAT’S WITH OUT ADVANCE BONUS WOULD TRIGGER MORE SUICIDES

“COTTON PRICE RS.2700/- PER QUINTAL AND COMPLETE LOAN WAIVER CAN ONLY STOP THESE SUICIDES”-KISHOR TIWARI

NAGPUR-21ST OCTOBER -2006,

FOUR DEBT-RIDDEN FARMERS FROM THE VIDARBHA REGION ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED SUICIDE, ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS PUBLISHED IN LOCAL NEWS PAPERS

WITH THESE DEATHS ON FRIDAY, THE NUMBER OF SUICIDES BY FARMERS SINCE JUNE 2005 HAS RISEN TO 1,000, THEY SAID ON SATURDAY.

THE FARMERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WASUDEO LAXMAN TUMSAKAR, MIRZAPUR (WARDHA), TEJRAO ONKAR PATIL, HINGNE (BULDANA), RAJARAM RAMKRISHNA BADHE, WAGODA (BULDANA) AND VIJAY MADHUKAR KALBUDHE, MAJGAON (YAVATMAL).

VIDARBHA AGRARIAN CRISIS ARE GETTING WORST DAY BY DAY AS FIRST 142 DAYS HAS REPORTED 464 FARMERS SUICIDE COMPARE LAST YEAR FIGURE 78 FOR SAME PERIOD AND IT IS ALMOST FIVE TIMES MOREOVER TOLL OF FARMERS SUICIDE IN VIDARBHA SINCE JUNE-2005TOUCHES TO 1000 MARK:

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KHARIF 2005	KHARIF-2206
JUNE- 16	JUNE- 77
JULY- 11	JULY- 90
AUGUST-18	AUGUST- 111
SEPTEMBER- 25	SEPTEMBER- 125
OCTOBER TILL 21TH.- 8	OCTOBER TILL 20TH- 62
TOTAL- 77	TATAL- 464

THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER THAT GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA WILL START IT’S COTTON PROCUREMENT BY 15 NOVEMBER THAT IS ALMOST AFTER ONE MONTH @ OF RS.1900/- HAS BEEN SHOCKING NEWS FOR COTTON GROWERS AS MASSIVE SUICIDES SPIRAL HAS PUT ADMINISTRATION IN FIX AND ALL PACKAGES PROVIDED BY INDIAN PRIME MINISTER AND MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER FAILED TO STOP THESE SUICIDES AND IT WAS EXPECTED THAT RESTORATION OF COTTON PRICE @ RS.2700/- PER QUINTAL THE COMPLETE LOAN WAIVER WHICH ARE THE MAIN ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED HAS ONCE AGAIN BEING SIDE TRACKED WOULD FURTHER TRIGGER MORE SUICIDES IN THE VIDARBHA REGION AS FEARED BY LOCAL FARM ACTIVIST OF VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI WHO ARE KEEPING DAILY TRACK OF VIDARBHA SUICIDES.

KISHOR TIWARI PRESIDENT OF VIDARBH JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI ONCE AGAIN URGED INDIAN PRIME MINISTER THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION TO STOP THESE ON GOING FARMERS SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA IS ECONOMIC REFORMS IN GOVT. POLICIES ANS SPECIAL PRICE PROTECTION TO VIDARBHA COTTON GROWERS BUT ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DIVERTING ECONOMIC ISSUES OF AGRARIAN CRISIS TO SOCIAL ISSUES AND SPENDING MORE THAN RS.3 MILLION ON SPIRITUAL GURUS PARVACHAN-KRITANS WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY OF RURAL PROBLEMS OF RURAL VIDARBHA.

MASS FARMERS SUICIDES EXPECTED IN WEST VIDARBHA

AS EXISTING PACKAGES SPECIALLY ANNOUNCED FOR WEST VIDARBHA IN ORDER TO CONTROL THESE ON GOING FARMERS SUICIDES ARE NOT TARGETED TO THE REASONS OF DISTRESS IN THE RURAL AREA OF COTTON GROWING REGION MASS SUICIDES OF FARMERS ARE LIKELY TO BE REPORTED IN NEAR FUTURE AS THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATION TO SEE THESES HELPLESS FARMERS AND THERE COMPLETE CURIOS AND HOSTILE CORRUPTION INCREASING DISTRESS AMONG FARMERS, WARNED KISHOR TIWARI. PLIGHTS OF THE FARMERS ARE KNOWN TO EVERYBODY BUT NOBODY IS KEEN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. GOVT SHOULD ANNOUNCE COMPLETE LOAN WAIVER AND COTTON RATE @RS.2700/- PER QUINTAL IMMEDIATELY AS FIRST STEP TO STOP THESE SUICIDE,KISHOR TIWARI DEMANDED.

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