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This is an archive article published on March 9, 2007

4 more farmer suicides in AP

Four more farmers have committed suicide in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh after failing to repay debts.

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Four more farmers have committed suicide in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh after failing to repay debts.

One farmer allegedly killed himself after officials refused to release money to him for the house he had started constructing under the government8217;s Indiramma scheme.

Officials said P Suri Babu, a sugarcane farmer, committed suicide as he could not sell his crop. A local sugar factory had allegedly refused to buy the crop, citing lack of resources.

Another farmer, M Venkateswarlu, also committed suicide on Wednesday by consuming pesticide. He too had failed to sell his crop. He had taken a loan of Rs 2 lakh, but was unable to pay back. The fourth was C Narsimhulu.

 

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