Six farmers commit suicide in last 24 hours
Six farmers have committed suicide in various parts of Vidarbha as drought situation looms large over the region, an NGO has claimed.
The suicides were committed since yesterday, Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti, tracking farmers suicides in the region, said in a release today.
The deceased have been identified as Vijay Bodhe, Mahapal (Yavatmal), Vishwanath Gavne, Pimpri (Amravati), Ramesh Maraskolhe, Pathrat (Yavatmal), Ramchandra Mungale, Bhishi (Chandrapur), Dilip Nandne, Ithlapur (Wardha) and Arun Dakhre, Yenikini (Nagpur), the release said.
He said as many as 38 farmers have ended their lives this month in the region and 62 farmers in last 18 days in Maharashtra.