8 farmers commit suicide in a day in Vidarbha

Nagpur, Nov 23 (UNI) As many as eight debt-ridden farmers committed suicide in a day in Vidarbha yesterday.

Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), a voluntary organisation, said the eight who ended their lives included three each from Amravati and Yavatmal districts, and one each from Buldhana and Washim districts.

This had taken the number of suicides by farmers since June 2005 to 1,123 in the region and out of these 515 farmers had taken the extreme step after the announcement of the Prime Minister's relief package on July one, VJAS said in a release issued here today.

UNI AB MJ VA PM1409