 50 farmer suicides in Maha in Feb: Govt survey
At least 50 farmers from Maharashtra's Marathwada district committed suicide in February owing to drought, according to a state government survey, taking the toll of farmer deaths to 139 in 2016. “I am sad that despite all our efforts the suicides continue. We believe this is a fallout of four years of drought,” District Collector Prashant Narnaware said.