Telangana farmers left to fend for themselves
876 views · Published 30 April 2014 · 3:07 · Indexed 22 October 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
On April 30, the newly announced state of Telangana, which was carved out of Andhra Pradesh state, will vote for the very first time to send its own representatives to Parliament. The road ahead for the new administration will be particularly challenging in the state that is facing agrarian crisis. Every 12 hours, a farmer commits suicide in India . Telangana claims the highest number of such victims with more than 2,000 cases reported over the last year alone. Al Jazeera's Preethi Nallu reports.
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