Suicide Capital
Yavatmal is the most suicide-prone district among the six main cotton-growing districts of Vidarbha. It has recorded 1,263 suicides since 2001. Of them, 524 have been found to have been due to agricultural reasons—that is about 65 every year. There were 144 and 97 agrarian suicides in 2006 and 2007 while 44 have been registered so far this year. An estimated Rs 365 crore has been waived off in Yavatmal, the highest in Vidarbha. Out of the 4.17 lakh farmers and 3.68 lakh account-holders here, about 1,27,000 accounts have benefited from the waiver, according to statistics accessed from the District Collectorate.
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