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In Maharashtra, 23 farmers commit suicide in hailstorm-hit villages [1]

Puts Congress-NCP alliance under embarassing situation ahead of Lok Sabha polls

About 23 farmers from the hailstorm and untimely rainfall hit villages in Maharashtra have so far committed suicides. Six each are from the underdeveloped Vidarbha region and Nashik in north Maharashtra, 10 from Aurangabad and one from Sangli.

Publication Date: 
19/03/2014
Sanjay Jog [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Maharashtra [4], Rainfall [5], Farmers [6], Crops [7], Ministry Of Agriculture [8], Rehabilitation [9], Natural Disasters [10]

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