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Five more farmers end life

By Our Staff Correspondent

BELLARY Sept. 2. Five cases of farmers committing suicide — two each in Bellary and Hassan districts and one in Shimoga district — have been reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours. The number of such cases has gone up alarmingly despite the Government announcing a Rs. 856-crore package as assistance to farmers in distress.

Reports put the number of such deaths at 75 in August. Though several parts of the State have received rainfall, agriculture has become non-viable for farmers who have taken loans. Durgappa (30) committed suicide by consuming poison at Shivanand Nagar in Hagari Bommanahalli taluk in Bellary district on Monday.

According to informations, Durgappa had sown maize in his five-acre land after obtaining Rs. 50,000 loan from the Tungabhadra Grameen Bank. In another case, Karibasappa (35) of Muddapur village in Hospet taluk consumed poison in the early hours of Monday.

It is said that he had taken a loan of Rs. 20,000. K.R. Gangadhara (40) of Gorur village in Hassan district reportedly committed suicide on Monday. Lakke Gowda, Hassan Tahsildar, said Gangadhara, who owned three acres of land, consumed pesticide. Shankarappa (55) of Gama village in Shikaripur taluk reportedly committed suicide on Monday by consuming pesticide.

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