Petition filed seeking steps by Telugu states to check depression
Hyderabad High Court
Hyderabad: A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt on Monday agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation on Tuesday moved seeking direction to the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments to take visionary steps to prevent farmers suicides and to invite applications from the farmers who are in deep financial trouble and to take remedial measures.
Vyavasaya Jana Chaitanya Samithi, an NGO, moved the Public Interest Litigation and the counsel appearing for the petitioner’s organisation made a mention before the bench to take up the hearing in view of the urgency of the matter as farmers have been committing suicide in both the Telugu states due to the financial distress.
The petitioner, in the affidavit, brought to the notice of the court that the number of farmers’ suicides have been increasing by the day and recorded 1,347 and 160 suicides in the states of Telangana and AP, respectively, during the past one year. It was submitted that of the total suicides of about 1.31 lakh in India, Telangana state stood in the second position and farmers? suicides have been taking place due to crop failure, less rainfall and financial debts. It was alleged that both the state governments have failed to take preventive measures in spite of the increase in farmers’ suicides.
13 farmers commit suicide in Telangana state districts:
Indebtedness and crop failure continued to claim the lives of farmers in Telangana. On Monday, 13 farmers committed suicide. Three of them were women. While five suicides were reported from Mahbubnagar district, four were in Nalgonda and one each in Karimnagar, Medak, Ranga Reddy and Warangal districts respectively.
In Nalgonda district, the deceased were identified as Chorra Bhikshyu, 50, of Peddapura mandal, K. and Naarapu Reddy, 60 of Mellachervu mandal, D. Shankar Naik, 45, of Chivvemla mandal and B. Dhanamurthy, 38, of Chilukuru mandal. In Medak district, 34-year old Bandhyala Ellam of Chinnashankarampet mandal committed suicide.
In Karimnagar district, 44-year old K.Sathaiah of Gollapally mandal committed suicide by consuming pesticide.
In Ranga Reddy district, 27-year old B. Narsimhulu, of Bantwaram mandal ended his life by consuming pesticide. In Warangal district, 48-year old Banoth Venkatram Naik committed suicide by consuming pesticide. In Mahbubnagar district, the deceased were identified as Pilli Anand, 42, of Achampet mandal, Boya Laxmamma, 58, of Maldakal mandal, Jayanthi, 34, of Itikyala mandal, Chakali Yadamma, 35, of Elkagudem mandal and Boya Pakeeraiah, 85, of Veesanagandla mandal.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
Next Story
