Farmer suicide stories take centre stage at public hearing in Hyderabad

At a public hearing on farmer suicides organised by Rythu Swarajya Vedika in Hyderabad, women from farming communities shared their plight. The jury consisted of civil society activists.

At a public hearing organised by Rythu Swarajya Vedika, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Hyderabad, women from farming communities narrated devastating stories of suicides, crop loss, and debts. Rythu Swarajya Vedika organised a public hearing on Thursday inviting kin of Telangana farmers who died by suicide to participate. Many don't have houses of their own. Land titles are not transferred in their names, if land exists. Several are not getting pension. Govt doesn't even have a data system of the women while police records may have deceased male farmers names. Address these, @TelanganaCMO @KTRTRS pic.twitter.com/HRgDLXZOcJ

A large number of women turned up to narrate their stories on how crop loss and dwindling prices pushed their husbands to suicide.