CROP FIRE OR SUICIDE IS NOT THE ANSWAR OF AGRICULTURAL CRISIS- FARMERS MUST BE UNITE AND FIGHT- AIKSCC, ODISHA
CROP FIRE OR SUICIDE IS NOT THE ANSWAR OF AGRICULTURAL
CRISIS- FARMERS MUST BE UNITE AND FIGHT- AIKSCC, ODISHA
free Bhubaneswar, 07/11/2017: Crop fire or suicide are not the solution of
agricultural crisis and farmers of across the state should come forward and
fight for their cause ; this is the opinion of All India Kishan Sangharsh
Coordination Committee(AIKSCC). The AIKSCC, Odisha chapter
declared it by a press release after returning from Baragarh district on the
issue of draught, crop lost and suicide of farmers. A 7 members fact
finding team of AIKSCC, Odisha chapter visited the Baragarh and Bhatli
block area on 4 th November, 2017 and saw the plights of farmers from the
bottom after the total failure of pesticide control system due to ‘CHAKADA’
insect in thousands acres of paddy field. They also visited the family
members of Brundaban Sahu, who lost his life by suicide after the crop lost.
After the discussion with the farmers and visited their lost paddy field, local
representatives about their problems and grievances the team members
also met the District Collector and apprised him about the grim situation
faced by the farmers and submitted him a memorandum with 5 point
demands and also to Chief Minister of Odisha .
They appealed to the farmers and general public to not to take the steps
like suicide and crop fire for their crop lost and call for unity among the
farmers to raise their issues through democratic struggle.
The demands raised by them are as follows:
1. Give 20 lakhs Compensation to all farmers who lost their life due to suicide
and also give 10 dismal home stead land patta to the homeless persons
like deceased Brundaban Sahu.
2. Give Rs. 20,000/- to the farmers as minimum compensation for crop lost for
per acre to the real farmers(land owner/share cropper).
3. To take major awareness steps against farmers suicide and crop fire.
4. Take appropriate steps to free all farmers from debt and give all institutional
loans without interest. Exempt all taxes of farmers like land tax, irrigation
tax and education fees of all students for current year .
5. Support all farmers of draught area for coming Ravi Crop with seeds,
fertilizers and pest controls. Accountability should be fixed with the district
collectors for distress sate of agricultural produces.
The team members of All India Kishan Sangharsh Coordination
Committee(AIKSCC) who associated with the fact findings are Mr. Khirod
Singhdeo(AIKS), Mr. Suresh Panigrahi(OKS), Mr. Ashok Pradhan(AIKM),
Mr. Jyotiranjan Mohapatra(AIAKS), Mr. Sankar Sahu(AIKKS), Mr. Basudev
Das(AIKMKS), Mr. Narendra Mohanty(Chasi Mulia Surakshya o Sangram
Parisad and others like Mr. Gopal Agrwal, Mr. Debendra Satapaty, Mr.
Jethu Bhoi, Mr. Jugal Charan Sing and Mr. Gunanidhi Misra.
CRISIS- FARMERS MUST BE UNITE AND FIGHT- AIKSCC, ODISHA
free Bhubaneswar, 07/11/2017: Crop fire or suicide are not the solution of
agricultural crisis and farmers of across the state should come forward and
fight for their cause ; this is the opinion of All India Kishan Sangharsh
Coordination Committee(AIKSCC). The AIKSCC, Odisha chapter
declared it by a press release after returning from Baragarh district on the
issue of draught, crop lost and suicide of farmers. A 7 members factfinding team of AIKSCC, Odisha chapter visited the Baragarh and Bhatli
block area on 4 th November, 2017 and saw the plights of farmers from the
bottom after the total failure of pesticide control system due to ‘CHAKADA’
insect in thousands acres of paddy field. They also visited the family
members of Brundaban Sahu, who lost his life by suicide after the crop lost.
After the discussion with the farmers and visited their lost paddy field, local
representatives about their problems and grievances the team members
also met the District Collector and apprised him about the grim situation
faced by the farmers and submitted him a memorandum with 5 point
demands and also to Chief Minister of Odisha .
They appealed to the farmers and general public to not to take the steps
like suicide and crop fire for their crop lost and call for unity among the
farmers to raise their issues through democratic struggle.
The demands raised by them are as follows:
1. Give 20 lakhs Compensation to all farmers who lost their life due to suicide
and also give 10 dismal home stead land patta to the homeless persons
like deceased Brundaban Sahu.
2. Give Rs. 20,000/- to the farmers as minimum compensation for crop lost for
per acre to the real farmers(land owner/share cropper).
3. To take major awareness steps against farmers suicide and crop fire.
4. Take appropriate steps to free all farmers from debt and give all institutional
loans without interest. Exempt all taxes of farmers like land tax, irrigation
tax and education fees of all students for current year .
5. Support all farmers of draught area for coming Ravi Crop with seeds,
fertilizers and pest controls. Accountability should be fixed with the district
collectors for distress sate of agricultural produces.
The team members of All India Kishan Sangharsh Coordination
Committee(AIKSCC) who associated with the fact findings are Mr. Khirod
Singhdeo(AIKS), Mr. Suresh Panigrahi(OKS), Mr. Ashok Pradhan(AIKM),
Mr. Jyotiranjan Mohapatra(AIAKS), Mr. Sankar Sahu(AIKKS), Mr. Basudev
Das(AIKMKS), Mr. Narendra Mohanty(Chasi Mulia Surakshya o Sangram
Parisad and others like Mr. Gopal Agrwal, Mr. Debendra Satapaty, Mr.
Jethu Bhoi, Mr. Jugal Charan Sing and Mr. Gunanidhi Misra.
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