Showing posts with label seeds. Show all posts
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Friday, 13 April 2007

11/04/2007

Western Vidarbha : Vidarbha Jan andolan samiti - Nagpur, Maharashtra

NAGPUR - 11TH APRIL2007

IN LAST TWO DAYS 8 MORE VIDARBHA FARM SUICIDES REPORTED IN VIDARBHA DUE TO DISTRESS OF AGRARIAN CRISIS MOST OF THE FARMERS ARE IN DEBT TRAP AND SMALL RAIN FED FARMERS, THEY ARE :

1. DHANRAJ HOLKAR, PATAPANGARA, YAVATMAL
2. MAHADEV DANAV, PAVHNA, CHNADRAPUR
3. BALIRAM INGALE, AMONA, BULDHANA
4. RAMESH HARANE, GAVANDGOAN, AMRAVATI
5. RAMABAI PHATE, DIVANKHED, AMARAVATI
6. GOVINDA JUNGHARE, METIKHEDA, YAVATMAL
7. JAGDIAH TIKALE, TALEGOAN, AMARAVATI
8. GULAB NEWARE, BELORA, YAVATMAL

YAVATMAL AND AMRAVATI DISTRCIT REPORTED THREE SUICIDES EACH , CHANDRAPUR AND BULDHANA REPORTED ONE EACH AS CONFIRMED IN LOCAL NEWS PAPERS TODAY .

VJAS LEADER KISHOR TIWARI TODAY VISTED METIKHEDA AND PATAPANGARA IN YAVATMAL DISTRICT AND URGED GOVT. OF INDIA TO ARRANGE URGENT RELIEF AID TO THESE FARMERS WHO ARE DEEP DISTRESS AND FACING STARVATION.VJAS REQUESTED TO INDIAN GOVT. TO START DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD GRAIN UNDER PDS ANTYODAYA AND ANNAPURNA SCHEMES.
TIME HAS COME TO SAVE THESE DYING FARMING COMMUNITY OF VIDARBHA AS MORE THAN 5000 FARM SUICIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE 2004 AND DAILY 3 TO 4 FARMERS KILLING THEMSLEVES AND GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA AND INDIAN GOVT. HAS BEEN WATCHING AS THIRD PARTY SPECTETOR ,KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.

Thursday, 8 March 2007

07/03/2007

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

These suicdes of GM cotton farmers in Vidarbha, occurred during the Vidarbha election tour, and media firefighting, by Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh, NCP Congress / Maharshtra Chief Minister.
He was claiming in media that Vidarbha agrarian suicides have begun to show a declining trend.
He also claimed that the Manmohan Singh's Vidarbha package was beginning to show results.
During this election tour from Mumbai, he begged for an additional 3-4 years in political power from voters, and blamed "vested interests" for raising issue of agrarian suicides.

One farmer Sarangdhar Mali, village Wazegoan, hanged himself during a Mental Health Counselling session with Dr Udhaorao Gadekar.
Government has decided to divert money towards mental health professionals, rather than addressing agrarian distress in Vidarbha, with agriculture policies.