12 farmer suicides in 45 days in Punjab's cotton belt

3,593 views · Published 6 October 2015 · 2:23 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: NDTV · 2015 · News & Politics

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15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs. three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer in Punjab.

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