Suraabi Vijender suicide due to agricultural losses
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Hyderabad: Five farmers, apart from N. Lingaiah who ended his life in Hyderabad, committed suicides in various districts across the state on Wednesday, while a sixth died of a heart attack. Suraabi Vijender (35), of Warangal, committed suicide following agricultural losses over two years.
He had borrowed up to Rs 3 lakh by mortgaging his two-acre land and had sown a cotton crop. Varikoppula Anjaiah (46), of Nalgonda, ended his life after the cotton crop on his 4-acre land failed. He too had borrowed Rs 3 lakh.
Tenant farmer Gumpally Chandrayudu (35), of Mahabubnagar, hung himself in his house. He had borrowed Rs 5 lakh to sow cotton but the crop had failed. In Medak district, Chakali Srinivas (35)committed suicide as he could not repay a loan of Rs 2.50 lakh which he had taken to dig two borewells.
In Nizamabad, Chilugaari Narsing Rao (54), of Jannepally village in Navipet mandal and Kammari Ramulu (55), of Bassannapalli village died. While Narsing Rao committed suicide, Ramulu died of a heart attack.
Telangana seeks details from Aarogyasri on suicides
Health minister Dr C. Laxma Reddy has asked for details from the Aarogyasri Health Care for treating cases of psychiatric counselling wherein patients have attempted suicide. The Hyderabad Psychiatric Society says that most patients do not approach psychiatrists as they can’t afford the treatment.
There has been a long-pending proposal that cases of depression, anxiety disorders and also other mental illnesses be included in Aarogyasri so that patients do not feel the pinch. With the increasing cases of suicides, psychiatrists are once again making renewed efforts to get these included so that people will come forward for treatment.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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