4 farmers end lives

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July 11, 2015 Four farmers committed suicide in the State on Friday. Another farmer, who had attempted suicide on Wednesday, died at a hospital.

A 60-year-old farmer committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at his farm in Tarihala village of Hubballi taluk after the soybean crop sowed in his six-acre farm dried due to shortage of rain. The deceased has been identified as Veerupakshappa Chenappa Betageri. He had taken Rs six lakh loan from a co-operative society and moneylenders. He is survived by wife, two sons, and two daughters.

Shekharagouda Kotragouda Salamaralli (55) ended his life by consuming poison in Siddapura village of Karatagi taluk in Koppal district. According to sources, he did not own any land and had taken 10-acre land on lease. His crops had failed due to untimely rains.

Thirty-one-year-old Rangappa hanged himself at Punajuru village in Holalkere taluk of Chitradurga district. He is said to have borrowed a loan of around Rs two lakh to grow sesame and jowar on his three-acre land. Town police have registered a case.

Swamygowda (32) of Kempammana Hosuru in Hunsur taluk of Mysuru district committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in his farmland. A tobacco grower, Gowda is said to have borrowed money from private moneylenders.

Madeva Naika of Hura village in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district, who attempted suicide by consuming poison on Wednesday, died in KR Hospital, Mysuru, on Friday. He had grown cotton on two acres and had borrowed money for the marriage of his daughter.

�Check farmer suicides�

The Centre has directed all state governments including Karnataka, to take measures to check farmers� suicides, said Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singha.

The Centre is ready to extend all necessary assistance in this regard, he said speaking to mediapersons after launching online trading facility at the APMC Amargol Yard in Hubballi on Friday.

The minister said: �The Karnataka model of online trading will be introduced in 585 major APMCs across the country in the next 14 months. All APMCs will be connected to streamline trading, avoid middlemen and help farmers get better prices for their produce. The Centre will give Rs 30 lakh to each APMC and free softwares will also be distributed to implement online trading,� he said.

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