{"id":7347,"date":"2023-07-28T06:58:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/maharashtra-farmer-threatens-suicide-in-letter-to-chief-minister\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T06:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:58:24","slug":"maharashtra-farmer-threatens-suicide-in-letter-to-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=7347","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra Farmer Threatens Suicide In Letter To Chief Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"'No Way Left But...': Maharashtra Farmer Threatens Suicide In Letter To Chief Minister\" alt=\"'No Way Left But...': Maharashtra Farmer Threatens Suicide In Letter To Chief Minister\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2018-12\/juhgfhfg_farmer-generic-reuters_625x300_27_December_18.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The farmer claimed he has not been able to sell the produce in any market. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Aurangabad: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to commit suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Gajanan Narayan Awchar, hailing from Sapatgaon in Sengaon taluka of Hingoli, in his letter written to the chief minister on July 23 said he has pomegranate plantation over a hectare of land.<\/p>\n<p>The farmer claimed he has not been able to sell the produce in any market since the COVID-19 pandemic and the crop infections since two years have increased the losses to Rs 50 lakh.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter submitted to the chief minister&#8217;s secretariat on July 24, Awchar claimed he has no means to earning to sustain his family comprising five members as he has a debt of nearly Rs 5 lakh from a bank and Rs 15 lakh from another financial institution.<\/p>\n<p>The farmer also claimed he has been receiving notices from the bank and facing mental harassment for not being able to repay the loan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government should compensate, or else there is no way left for me but to die by suicide,&#8221; he said in the letter.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Houses, Roads Submerged As Telangana Battles Record-Breaking Rain\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Houses, Roads Submerged As Telangana Battles Record-Breaking Rain\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Houses, Roads Submerged As Telangana Battles Record-Breaking Rain\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2018-12\/juhgfhfg_farmer-generic-reuters_625x300_27_December_18.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-07-27T12:31:27+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=714130&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/28072023_n_Telangana_Uma_110276_61924_320.mp4\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont externalVideo fvotd\">\n<h3 class=\"s-ttl\">Featured Video Of The Day<\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-07\/hss18hhg_image_640x480_28_July_23.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=714130&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Houses, Roads Submerged As Telangana Battles Record-Breaking Rain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/debt-ridden-maharashtra-farmer-threatens-suicide-in-letter-to-chief-minister-4244105\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The farmer claimed he has not been able to sell the produce in any market. 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