Maharashtra Irrigation scam: Farmer suicides continue in Vidarbha - NewsX

Even as the political crisis plays out in Maharashtra and the Centre after Ajit Pawar resigned as the state's Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of an irrigation scam we will show you how the full cost of the alleged 20,000 crore scam is directly fueling farmer hunger and suicides in Maharashtra. Take a look at the Vidarbha region which has now, sadly become synonymous with desperate and impoverished, debt-ridden farmers committing suicide. Areas like Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal in the Vidarbha region have recorded unabated farmer suicides. And incidently these very same places are where irrigation projects were signed by Ajit Pawar and other Maharashtra ministers.

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