Orissa Farmer Suicides
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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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11 new farmer suicides haunt this part of Orissa
In a small village in Orissa's Sambalpur district, in a small house, a family looks to its neighbours for support. 61-year-old Shukla Chand killed himself by drinking pesticide. In this part of Western Orissa, this has become a frighteningly familiar story. Since November, 11 farmers from here have killed themselves.Farmers have been catapulted fro...
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Orissa: Loans driving farmers to suicide
In 2009, 43 farmers in Orissa committed suicide. They were all small farmers who couldn't access institutional loan and had to borrow from microfinance NGOs at an exorbitant rate of interest.
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Orissa tragedy: Once displaced, now suicidal
Over 40 farmers in Orissa engaged in rain-fed farming ended their lives between September and December last year following a total crop loss because of a bad monsoon.
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Farmer suicide on the rise in Orissa
Forty-three farmers killed themselves towards the end of 2009. Nearly half of them were from Western Orissa.
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'Hirakud dam is failing, farmers are killing themselves'
Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in Orissa in the past one year as the Hirakud dam is no longer serving its purpose, says a new study that warns of a grimmer situation in the coming days if urgent steps are not taken.
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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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11 new farmer suicides haunt this part of Orissa
In a small village in Orissa's Sambalpur district, in a small house, a family looks to its neighbours for support. 61-year-old Shukla Chand killed himself by drinking pesticide. In this part of Western Orissa, this has become a frighteningly familiar story. Since November, 11 farmers from here have killed themselves.Farmers have been catapulted fro...
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Orissa: Loans driving farmers to suicide
In 2009, 43 farmers in Orissa committed suicide. They were all small farmers who couldn't access institutional loan and had to borrow from microfinance NGOs at an exorbitant rate of interest.
-
Orissa tragedy: Once displaced, now suicidal
Over 40 farmers in Orissa engaged in rain-fed farming ended their lives between September and December last year following a total crop loss because of a bad monsoon.
-
Farmer suicide on the rise in Orissa
Forty-three farmers killed themselves towards the end of 2009. Nearly half of them were from Western Orissa.
-
'Hirakud dam is failing, farmers are killing themselves'
Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in Orissa in the past one year as the Hirakud dam is no longer serving its purpose, says a new study that warns of a grimmer situation in the coming days if urgent steps are not taken.
