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Poverty causing people to kill themselves in drought-hit Thar [1]

CHHACHHRO: Thirty-year-old Marubhat, a resident of Samo Bheel village — a two-hour drive from Chhachhro — decided to end her life on Aug 23 after she had failed to provide food for her children.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2014
Dawn (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Poverty [3], Droughts [4], Thar [5], Pakistan [6], South Asia [7]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thar
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia