PANNA, MADHYA PRADESH: Yet another farmer in Madhya Pradesh has committed suicide reportedly due to loss of crop and non-payment of compensation. On Wednesday night 50-year old Sundar Kushwaha committed suicide by hanging from a tree near his farmland in Panna District, Madhya Pradesh.
Mr Kushwaha’s family claims that their soyabean crop has been damaged due to unseasonal rains for two years consecutively.
Mr Kushwaha, who had still not received compensation for the previous year’s damage, was reportedly worried about the mounting debt. Family members say that he had taken a loan of Rs. 1 lakh was struggling to repay it. The administration, meanwhile, is silent on the issue.
Sources say, 19 farmers, including Mr Kushwaha, have committed suicide in the last two months alone.
Government spokesperson, Dr Narrotam Mishra says,”Farmer suicides that are happening in state are not only because of losses in farming but other issues in their families as well. The state government is with the farmers and are doing all we can to help them. Survey of damaged crop is over and in a day or two compensation distribution will start.”
Unseasonal rains in March this year have damaged crops on over 2 lakh hectares of land in Madhya Pradesh, affecting over 3 lakh farmers in the state.
No Tv. newspaper, GOi or stae govt tracks low rainfall/bad rainfall to climate change.Politicos are blaming others.Citizens are without knowledge. How to reduce CO2? Just grow more plants on all areas, more vegetable trees-drumsticks, tamarind etc coastal cities need gardens in all roof tops. Let GOI announce 20 crore prize for non-fossil energy for EVs.If coastal areas are cool more rains, more Himalayan snows too.
after 30 years ..all will be engineers and doctors..and we will be forced to import all our food..
A very sorry situation farmers of our country are pushed into. Crops are getting destroyed or production reduced due to unseasonal rains, power cuts etc. At the same time, to curb the inflation or benefit selected few, goverment has infact reduced minimum support price for many of the crops and have imported heavily. There is no way farmers can come out of this double whemy.
State government is waiting for election year to come nearby so they can again distribute money to their loyal “karyakartas” and that way win again. Till then they will continue to say we will distribute compensation in a day or two!