SIX months ago, 65-year-old Kashinath Ravan Kolge killed himself by drinking pesticide. His wife Venubai Kolge says mounting debt drove him to suicide. "He had taken a loan to dig a borewell. But we did not get any water. We had no money left. The crops were yielding very little. It was a hopeless situation."
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/debt
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops