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In Drought-Struck Odisha, Aid Fails To Stop Farmers Suicides
After her husband Abhimanyu, a 52-year-old farmer in Odisha's Khurda district, committed suicide by consuming poison last month, Pratima Baliarsingh is yet to recover from the trauma.
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Govt identifies over 10,000 villages as drought-hit in Orissa
As many as 10,440 villages, spread over 15 of Orissa's 30 districts, were identified as drought-hit as more than 50 per cent of paddy crop were lost due to inadequate rainfall in this monsoon.Revenue and Disaster Management Minister S N Patro said on Tuesday, "The affected farmers in 10,440 villages and urban pockets will get compensation as announ...
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In Drought-Struck Odisha, Aid Fails To Stop Farmers Suicides
After her husband Abhimanyu, a 52-year-old farmer in Odisha's Khurda district, committed suicide by consuming poison last month, Pratima Baliarsingh is yet to recover from the trauma.
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Govt identifies over 10,000 villages as drought-hit in Orissa
As many as 10,440 villages, spread over 15 of Orissa's 30 districts, were identified as drought-hit as more than 50 per cent of paddy crop were lost due to inadequate rainfall in this monsoon.Revenue and Disaster Management Minister S N Patro said on Tuesday, "The affected farmers in 10,440 villages and urban pockets will get compensation as announ...
