A farmer who had consumed pesticide due to financial worries after his cotton crop failed died at a hospital inJamnagar in Gujarat Tuesday, police said.
Anubha Devisinh Jadeja (49), resident of Bhatel inDevbhoomi Dwarka district, had been admitted at a government hospital in Jamnagar on December 7, said an official from Khambhaliya police station.
"He breathed his last around 2 AM yesterday," thepolice officer said.
"According to his family members, Jadeja had taken a loan of Rs 3 lakh from a private bank for sowing cottonover 2.5 acres of land at Bhatel village. But the crop failed and he was under tremendous stress," said theofficial.
Several cases of farmers committing suicide following a crop failure have been reported in Gujarat in the recent months. The state received only 76 per cent of the average rainfall this year.
Source: The Business Standard, India Thursday, 13 December 2018