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West Bengal: Drought - Farmer suicide

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
First farmer suicide in West Bengal

STAFF WRITER 17:12 HRS IST
Burdwan (WB), Aug 21 (PTI) West Bengal, where 11 districts were declared drought-hit, today registered its first farmer death in the rice bowl of Burdwan district.

45-year-old farmer Yunus Sheikh of Basantapur village of Ausgram I block drank pesticide last evening and died at the Burdwan Medical College Hospital today, SDO, Burdwan, (North) Arindam Neogi said.

"We have sought a report from the local BDO and panchayat samiti sabhapati," he said.

Family member Ziaur Rahman said he had outstanding loans since last year for raising crops on his land but lack of rains this year had driven him to desperation.

Yunus was entirely dependent on rain water to irrigate the paddy land as there was no irrigation facility in the area, he said.

Moreover, he had a daughter whom he could not marry off, Rahman said.
http://ptinews.com/news/890636_First-farmer-suicide-in-West-Bengal
 
Re: West Bengal: Drought - Farmer suicide

WB Govt reviews drought situation, CM to visit districts

STAFF WRITER 22:19 HRS IST
Kolkata, Aug 20 (PTI) Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will visit West Bengal's drought-hit districts from tomorrow even as the affected districts have been receiving less than 30 per cent rainfall for last two days.

Reviewing the situation in a meeting with Agriculture Minister Naren De and Disaster Management Minister Mortaza Hossain, Finance Minister, Asim Dasgupta told reporters today that the state government had released Rs 19 crore for repair of deep tubewells and Rs 15 crore for alternative kharif crops.

The state government was still spending from its Calamity Relief Fund and was yet to demand money from National Calamity Relief Fund, Dasgupta said.

Meanwhile, the state government cancelled holidays for the officials of the concerned departments in the affected districts, he said.

Dasgupta also said he had requested banks to come forward in helping the farmers in paying their loans by making it long-term.
http://ptinews.com/news/889522_WB-Govt-reviews-drought-situation--CM-to-visit-districts
 
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