7 more farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha

Nagpur, Feb 6 (UNI) Seven debt-ridden farmers allegedly committed suicide in the last two days in Vidarbha region, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), a voluntary organisation working among farmers, said today.

According to a VJAS release here today, two farmers each from Yavatmal and Wardha districts, and one each from Nagpur, Washim and Gondia districts took the extreme step.

With this, the number of farmers who have taken the extreme step in 2007 has touched 86, said the release, adding that 70 suicides had occurred in January itself. The VJAS claimed that over 1,400 farmers had committed suicide in 2006.

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