Six More Debt Trapped Vidarbha Farmers Commit Suicides In Last 48 Hrs.

By Pervez Bari, Twocircles.net 
 Mumbai, June 25: After NABARD reduced the credit outlay to Vidarbha cotton farmers by 40 per cent i.e.Rs. 1860 crore to Rs. 1230 crore bankers have stopped giving fresh loans to illegible farmers as result of which six more debt trapped farmers killed themselves in last 48 hours.
   
The farmers who committed suicides are: Eknath Jaganath Kohle of Tuljapur in Buldhana district, Ganpat Shankar Khaedikar of Pohara in Bhandara district, Kisan Ganpat Wankhade in Kurhad & Bhimrao Bapurao Zamare of Dhanoda (both of Yavatmal distt.), Punjab Ananda Tayade of Pathardi & Santosh Nagorao Nemade of Raikhed (both of Akola distt.) 
   
According to Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, (VJAS), press release today the toll of farmers' suicide in June has shot up to 55 and total 470 since January 2007. 
   
Kishor Tiwari, president of VJAS said the decision of banker's not to give fresh crop loan has put more then two million cotton farmers in a fix as money-lenders too are exploiting the situation and more farmers are being forced to commit suicide as they have failed to sow.
   
Earlier, NABARD announced that banker will go to door-steps of the every farmer to give them crop loan but in fact now they have asked bankers not to give fresh crop loans to any illegible farmer whereas farmers main demand of complete loan waiver has been thrown into the dust bin, Tiwari added.  
   
Here in Maharashtra since June -2005 there is mass genocide of cotton farmers and more than 4000 farmers' suicides have officially been reported by the sate administration and it has been widely published in American media too. So, it is ridiculous for the Maharashtra Chief Minister to visit United States and invite American MNCs for direct investment in the dying land of Vidarbha.
   
VJAS has urged NRIs in America to ask about Maharashtra chief minister complete failure to stop the mass genocide of Vidarbha  farmers, Tiwari added. ([email protected])

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