Andhra Pradesh   

Farmer commits suicide

By Our Staff Reporter

KARIMNAGAR, SEPT. 10. A farmer, B. Yerraiah (35), committed by consuming pesticide in Peddampeta village of Mahadevpur mandal, on Friday.

Failure of crop and increasing debts was said to be reason for his suicide.

Reports reaching here stated that the farmer had cultivated cotton in his three-acre land. But due to prevailing dry weather conditions, the crop failed. Unable to clear the debts, which he had incurred, he resorted to the extreme act.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Andhra Pradesh

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

• Stage set for `direct talks' with naxalites
• Rice milling industry in doldrums
• End faction killings: Governor
• WB funding: Congress indulging in doublespeak, says TDP
• 600-cr. plan to fight fluorosis in Nalgonda district
• YSR woos food processing units
• Prudential depositors plan to move court
• Most religious groups retain population share
• State seeks Rs. 85 cr. for farm projects
• NCC cadet strength doubles in State
• TRS says `no' to second SRC
• Four Mumbai men held; gold seized
• Vasavi Bank awaits RBI nod to pay depositors
• Administrative sanction for Polavaram left main canal
• Dacoits strike at Asifnagar
• Rain disrupts normal life
• Minister for semester system in schools
• Stop confusing people: TDP
• IG lists criminal cases against TDP leaders
• Government told to specify plan
• Case against actor for raid on video parlour
• Drive against illegal farm connections put on hold
• Rivalry in CPI(M) groups to the fore
• Closure notices to 52 industrial units
• People's War frees `covert'
• Farmer commits suicide
• BJP's plea on Telangana Liberation Day
• Briefly
• Crime Watch

Copyright © 2004, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu