1,500 Farmers Commit Mass Suicide in India
Over 1,500 farmers in an Indian state committed suicide after being driven to debt by crop failure, it was reported today.
The agricultural state of Chattisgarh was hit by falling water levels.
“The water level has gone down below 250 feet here. It used to be at 40 feet a few years ago,” Shatrughan Sahu, a villager in one of the districts, told Down To Earth magazine
“Most of the farmers here are indebted and only God can save the ones who do not have a bore well.”
Mr Sahu lives in a district that recorded 206 farmer suicides last year. Police records for the district add that many deaths occur due to debt and economic distress.
In another village nearby, Beturam Sahu, who owned two acres of land was among those who committed suicide. His crop is yet to be harvested, but his son Lakhnu left to take up a job as a manual labourer.
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This was done by a company called Monsanto-They genetically engineer all of our seed and then sell for such a huge price after the farmer is HOOKED!
Please see this video to see what is going on-is happening in US with Monsanto placing lawsuits against our farmers here! See the doc**entary: “The World According To Monsanto”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_OJcPKEYDE
UMMMMM FIRST MY PRAYERS GO TO INDIA. AND THAT SITUATION IS SAD. BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY …TO SAY THAT GOD OR JESUS HATES HINDUISM IS KINDA HARSH BUT KINDA TRUE KUUUUUUSSS IN THE BIBLE IT DOES SAY THAT GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD. BUT I KNOW GOD LOVES ALL PEOPLE THO SO DONT SAY HE HATES PEOPLE… HE HATES THE “SIN”
For all those talking about Jesus and Christianity need to take a look at Hinduism, it was created far before your fabled Jesus and has nearly if not all the same religious principles as most religions.