SIX MORE VIDARBHA FARMERS COMMITS SUICIDES - VJAS URGED PRIME MINISTER TO REVISIT “DYING LAND”

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Ref-Vidarbha Farm Crisis PRESS-NOTE Dated-05th july/2007

SIX MORE VIDARBHA FARMERS COMMITS SUICIDES - VJAS URGED PRIME MINISTER TO REVISIT “DYING LAND”

NAGPUR-5th JULY-2007

Farm suicides are no way to stop in vidarbha cotton belt as six more farmers killed themselves in last 48 hours when Maharashtra Chief Minister, Chief Secretary along with more than 62 ministers and babus are world tour including relief commissioner Dr.Sudhir Goyal who has been sent to US for special quality improvement progrmme titled “potential leadership development workshop” in new York at the cost relief aid of dying farmers of vidarbha, VJAS has strongly objected this wastage of public money as last five years our Chief Minister along with his team are going on World tour and after return they have been making toll claim of FDI but nothing has come so far,it’s all misleading ,Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Jan andolan Samiti informed to day .

Six debt trapped farmers who committed suicides in last 48 hours in vidarbha are

1.PRAKASH GOVINDA DARANE,YERABALA IN YAVATMAL

2.SURESH SHANKAR GHUGE OF GONDI MAHAGAON IN NAGPUR

3.SHANKAR BAPU ANDHALE OF DHABA VILLAGE IN AKOLA

4.GOKUL LAXMAN BOSARI OF PADHA IN YAVATMAL

5.SALOBA YASHAWANT NIKALAJE IN SHELGOAN IN BULDHANA

6.RAJU BHIKA CHAVAN IN MAGRULPIR IN WASHIM

Six farmers suicides are in line with record 1132 farmers suicides in last one year sine 1^st july-2006 day on which Indian prime minister announced the special relief package to more than 3 million farmers of west vidarbha ,here is chronological account of farm suicides in vidarbha month wise and district wise

MONTH	FARM SUICIDES	DISTRICT	FARM SUICIDES
JULY-2006	90	YAVATMAL	291
AUGUST-2006	111	AMARAVATI	186
SEPTEMBER-2006	124	AKOLA	131
OCTOBER-2006	112	WASHIM	151
NOVEMBER-2006	107	BULDHANA	146
DECEMBER-2006	105	WARDHA	104
JAN-2007	70	NAGPUR	27
FEB-2007	86	BHANDARA	32
MARCH-2007	82	CHANDRAPUR	41
APRIL-2007	90	GADCHIROLI	12
MAY-2007	79	GONDIA	14
JUNE-2007	68
JULY-2007	08
TOTAL	1132	TOTAL	1132

Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) has urged Indian prime minister Dr.Manmohan Singhji have review to failure of relief package on all front due complete apathy of administration and poor implementation of all scheme under relief package. Huge corruption and political interference has made farmer’s condition in vidarbha more hostile as all the time feed back provided by the state administration was misleading, kishor tiwari added.

Now it’s urgent need of the hour to restore rural social and civil system in vidarbha as his Rs.3750/- crore relief package has failed to stop on going farm suicides in vidarbha as more than 1132 farmers mostly debt trapped cotton farmers who are in distress due economic crisis have committed suicide since 1^ST July -2007Kishor Tiwari VJAS leader informed in a press release today.

VJAS asked Indian prime minister to arrnge the detail investigation in to fact that now it’s after one year after PM visit to west vidarbha to under stand the Agrarian crisis in which more than 5000 farmers suicides reported since 2002 ,In fact before the visit of Indian prime minister , Dr.S.W.Swaminathan as Chairman of National Commission for farmers NCF visited vidarbha in the month October-2005 then in the months of march-2006 team of expert from Planning Commission visited the vidarbha ,vidarbha farm crisis is the part of Indian Agararian crisis in which farmers are killing themselves and as per official record since 1995 more than 1,00,000(one lac)farmers mostly cotton growers or coffee growers are the main victims of economical collapse of rural system after we opted open trade and free economy ,your vidarbha visit was part of relief exercise to address this national issue of farmers suicides and experts have already prepared the relief package before PM visit to vidarbha and announcement of package on 1^st July 2006 ,VJAS protested the relief package as farmersr main demand of debt waiver and income base solution for the cash crop of the cotton farmers was missing resulting complete failure of package after one year.

FARMERS WANTS RURAL SYSTEM RESTORATION

VJAS has urged indian prime minister that unless income package is given to vidarbha farmer nothing will change hende relief of credit and cost front is need as drop in income and sudden increase in input cost of cultivation couple with high cost being paid to health care ,education and maintaining daily livelihood has very difficult to farming society. farmers needs restoration civil and social system in order that they need profitable farming couple with free health care and education. VJAS urged Prime Minister that to look in to these aspects and arrange to provide the relief solutions based on the policy changes to protect rural economy of west vidarbha, kishor tiwari said.

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Thanking you,

Yours Faith Fully

Kishor tiwari

President

Vidarbha jan andolan samiti

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