Two farmers commit suicide in MP due to crop damage

March 12, 2014 08:38

Two farmers have committed suicide in Damoh district of madhya Pradesh after they incurred severe loss to their crops by the unseasonal rain. So far, six farmers have tried to end their life in the district after the loss.

Till now, crops worth 13,000 crores have been destroyed in Madhya Pradesh due to the unseasonal rains. In Maharashtra, 8 lakh hectares of crops have been hit in the Marathwada region alone by hailstorms and similar conditions are likely to prevail in the state over the next 2 days as well.

12 people have been killed and crops spread over one lakh hectares damaged in Andhra Pradesh as well. Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Karnataka have also seen considerable crop damage.

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