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Two farmers commit suicide

GULBARGA/SHIMOGA: Two farmers — one from Gulbarga district and another from Davangere district — allegedly committed suicide after they failed to get fertilizers.

Veershetty Basavannappa Kanna (41), who could not get DAP fertilizer for use in his four-acre land at Polakpalli in Chincholi taluk of Gulbarga district, allegedly ended his life by consuming pesticide on Wednesday.

According to the complaint filed by his wife, Veershetty was upset that he could not get the fertilizers in the market. Moreover, he lost Rs. 500 in the market at Chincholi.

The complaint said the farmer consumed pesticide before going to bed, and on Thursday morning, the family members were shocked to find him dead. The wife in her complaint said that her husband had also taken loans for preparing the land for cultivation and for purchase of fertilizers and seeds.

After post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family.

According to reports, there was no stock of DAP fertilizer in the district and the officials were expecting the situation to ease after the arrival of fresh stocks soon.

Rangappa (45), a farmer of Pallavanahalli in Honnali taluk of Davangere district, who reportedly consumed poison in a bid to commit suicide died at the McGann Hospital here on Thursday.

It was stated that Rangappa ended his life after he failed to get fertilizers. He was found lying in his field on Thursday morning by his son Shivraj. He was immediately shifted to McGann Hospital in Shimoga, where he died at 1.30 p.m.

Rangappa was scheduled to get his quota of chemical fertilizers from the Chatnahalli Agricultural Service Cooperative Society. The society which received one lorry load of fertilizers distributed it in the five villages under its jurisdiction. However, Rangappa failed to get it.

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