Thursday, March 08, 2007

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI
11,trisaran nagar,khamala,nagpur-440 025
Phone-0712-2282457 mobile-09422108846 vidarbha@gmail.com
Ref-farm suicides -2007

very urgent –press note
Dated-8th March .,2007

SEVEN(7 )MORE FARMERS' SUICIDES IN CHIEF MINISTER TWO DAYS VIDARBHA TOUR: FARMERS HANGED HIM IN COUNSELING MEETING

Nagpur-8th March .,2007
In last two days when Maharashtra chief Minister vilasrao deshmukh was touring vidarbha on 6th and 7 th march and was making wild claims that farm suicide are on decline and relief packages are being implemented smoothly and effectively, seven more farmers in different part of vidarbha were killing themselves due to extreme distress and prevailing unprecedented agrarian crisis in vidarbha region "all political parties are making the farm suicide as election issue but no body is talking to come the road in order o stop this on going suicides of innocent farmers, kishore tiwari of vidarbha jan andolan samiti informed today.
In the first week of march2007 -20 more farm suicides have been reported and in the month of feb,07- 88 and jan-07-70 farmers committed suicide to take the total figure of farm suicides in 2007 to 178 as this figure is all most double than last year figure of farm suicide for corresponding period of last year 2006.In fact more than official figrure of farm suicides is almost 3500 in last four year and this figure is record figure in last 100 years but till maharashtra govt. Claims that suicides are on decline, it's mockery of the farm crisis, kishor tiwari added.
7 farmers who committed suicide during chief minister vilasrao deshmukh 6-7 March visits are

1.SHAKAR INGOLE OF GRAMWADHANI IN WASHIM
2.RAMBHAU KHULSANGE OF HIWARA INWARDHA
3.RAMDAS SAMARTHA OF SHIVANI IN GADCHIROLI
4.RAIBHAN PAWAR OF RAI TALAO IN YAVATMAL
5.SARANGDHAR MALI OF WAZEGOAN IN AKOLA
6.JANUSHINGH RATHODE OF IJANI IN YAVATMAL
7.ASHOK SATPUTE OF RALEGOAN IN YAVATMAL

FARMERS HANGED HIM IN COUNSELING MEETING

Govt. Efforts to spend crores of rupees over council ling of debt trapped and food starved farmers received serious blow when sarangdhar mali of village wazegoan has hanged himself in the counseling meeting of dr.udhaorao gadekar .in last one year more than dozen babas and gurus have given crore of rupees to arrange to council ling of distress farmers but all the time such efforts triggered suicides. In one hand govt. Says they no money to give e aid dying widows of farmers and here they spending huge amount of money over senseless activity to control suicides when farmers needs money for farming ,food for eating and heath care to survive ,kishor tiwari added


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Thanking you yours faithfully

Kishore tiwari
Vidarbha jan andolan samiti
vidarbha@gmail.com
contact-09422108846

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