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Andhra admits: 20 farmer suicides in 40 days
Published on Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:17, Updated on Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 20:48 in Politics section
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Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday admitted that 20 farmers committed suicide in the state in the last 40 days but maintained that the actual reasons were yet to be ascertained.
The CMO, in a press release, said 20 farmers committed suicide in the state and Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has directed district collectors to distribute compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh each to the families of those who have ended their lives.
Reddy has also asked the collectors to immediately submit a report on farmers' death.
"TDP has been brazenly spreading lies that 70 farmers have ended their lives in the last 40 days because of drought.
Actually, it has not been established yet whether the suicides were because of drought or other reasons," the release said.
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Is the Rs. 1.5 lakhs temporary relief or, the final compensation? I think the amount should be large enough, and
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