Nearly five dozen farmers in Maharashtra, MP have committed suicide this month over debt worries, say advocacy groups
Unseasonal rains and hailstorms this month have damaged the winter-sown crops of millions of Indian farmers, but Rekha Garole lost more than others.
Her 42-year-old husband Santuka killed himself this month after hail devastated the wheat and chickpea crops that they had been counting on to repay a bank loan of Rs 90,000.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/farmers-driven-suicide-unseasonal-rains-hailstorm-ruin-crops
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nanded-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters