Comments on: ‘Green revolution’ trapping India’s farmers in debt http://aquafornia.com/archives/8111 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:52 -0800 hourly 1 By: dfb http://aquafornia.com/archives/8111/comment-page-1#comment-12969 dfb Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:16:06 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=8111#comment-12969 It is even worse than NPR reported. In another state, 1,500 farmers committed mass suicide over dropping ground water levels. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/1500-farmers-commit-mass-suicide-in-india-1669018.html "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." " It is even worse than NPR reported. In another state, 1,500 farmers committed mass suicide over dropping ground water levels.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/1500-farmers-commit-mass-suicide-in-india-1669018.html

“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.” “

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