JOIN US Seven farmers committed suicide across the State on Saturday, with four of them from Mandya district.
Two farmers committed suicide by hanging themselves in Krishnarajapet taluk of Mandya district. Ramakrishna (35), a resident of Aipanahalli had grown sugar cane.
He had borrowed loan from a bank and other sources. Recently, he had sunk a borewell by borrowing money, but the borewell did not yield water. He hung himself to death in his house.
Chinnaswamy (45) of Kempikoppalu had sown brinjal on his land. The crop failed due to pest attack. He had borrowed money from private persons for agriculture purpose and the creditors are said to be demanding him for repayment. He ended his life by consuming pesticide while his wife, Lathamani, has made an attempt on her life by swallowing sleeping tablets. She has been admitted to the government hospital in Krishnarajapet.
A farmer was found dead, hanging from the ceiling in his house in Doddapalya village of Srirangapatna taluk. The deceased Prakash (31) owned 20 guntas of land, which he had leased out. He was working as a farm labourer and is said to have borrowed money from private persons. Shivanna (36) committed suicide by consuming poison at Sadolalu village of Maddur taluk. He owned 2.5 acre of land and had supplied sugar cane to a factory. The factory had not paid him the full amount towards the purchase. He had also borrowed Rs one lakh from a bank and Rs 2.5 lakh from moneylenders.
Shivaruderegowda, a farmer from Gangavadi village in Chamarajnagar taluk ended his life by consuming pesticide a his land. He is said to have borrowed Rs 50,000 from a bank and Rs four lakh from private persons. He had sunk three borewells in his 1.16-acre land and all the three did not yield water. Gowda had lost sugar cane crop grown on his land.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara has sought details about farmers’ suicides in Mandya district from the District Congress Committee. According to sources in the party, the details have been sought in the wake of possible visit of All India Congress Committee Vice President Rahul Gandhi to Mandya.
Twenty-eight-year-old Hanamantha Thimmanna Dasara hung himself to death at his hut in Shirola village of Mudhol taluk in Bagalkot district. He is said to have borrowed around Rs three lakh from banks and an equal sum from private persons. A farmer committed suicide hanging himself from a tree in Talwad village of Bhalki taluk in Bidar district. Channayaswamy (50) had borrowed Rs 75,000 from a bank and Rs four lakh from private persons. He hailed from Mangalgi village of Humanabad taluk.