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Six farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha in two days: NGO

Thu, Nov 26 07:32 PM

Nagpur, Nov 26 (PTI) Six farmers committed suicide in the last two days in various parts of Vidarbha, an NGO claimed today. As many as 55 farmers have committed suicide in November alone while the figure has gone up to 892 in 2009, Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti president Kishore Tiwari said in a release.

The six deceased have been identified as Daulat Mahure (village Jhamkola), Yavatmal, Namdeo Phatkar (Tandulwadi), Akola, Maroti Netam (Sakhi, Yavatmal, Abhiman Bhure (Kinhi), Yavatmal, Ninaji Badukhule (Warkhed), and Dalpat Panchbudhe (Koshti), both from Buldana, it said. Tiwari said that farmers have decided to take out a morcha on the first day of the winter session of the state assembly on December 8.

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