Hyderabad: Twelve more farmers committed suicide in Telangana on Saturday due to crop failure and indebtedness. Failure of cotton crop drove seven farmers to end their life by consuming pesticide.
While six farmers committed suicide in Nalgonda, four suicides were reported from Karimnagar and two from Warangal. In Karimnagar, Pillamarri Jagan, 42, who consumed pesticide four days ago, died during treatment in a hospital He is from Arnakonda of Choppadandi mandal. He owned three acres in which he raised cotton and paddy.
He was depressed over his inability to repay his loan of Rs 3 lakh for taking up cultivation. Another cotton farmer, Kandela Rajamouli, 47, consumed pesticide. He reportedly took loans to grow crops in his 3-acre land at Nimmagudem of Mahamuttaram mandal. He died on way to the hospital.
