00:00To our Get Real India story, a shocking image of farm distress from rural Maharashtra,
00:04where an onion farmer in Dharashiv has set his entire stock on fire
00:09after being offered just one rupee per kilo by traders.
00:12The incident has once again put the spotlight on crashing crop prices
00:16amidst growing anger among farmers.
00:19Get Real India.
00:30An act of desperation by a farmer in Maharashtra.
00:36Bhagwan Sable set 600 sacks of onions on fire
00:40after traders quoted a price of one rupee per kilo.
00:45The farmer from Tintaraj village in Dharashiv district
00:48had spent over 80,000 rupees per acre for cultivation.
00:53Earlier he had sold 70 sacks of onions for just 4,000 rupees.
01:16There is widespread resentment among farmers in Maratwara.
01:20Farmers in the region have faced a double blow this time,
01:24falling prices and unseasonal rains.
01:26They are struggling to recover even their production costs.
01:31Thus, they are struggling to recover even their production costs.
01:32But it is a lot of money in their community.
01:33Of course, they are struggling to recover even your labor.
01:35One is struggling to recover even their production costs.
01:39How much more money?
01:43Of course, you will.
01:45I am struggling to recover even rookies of the land.
01:45What should you recite it?
01:46Because, you should have been a little bit of 2,000 rupees.
01:48The percentage of the land has got out of the land.
01:53These amount of land will come from the land.
01:55They are struggling to do it like the land.
01:56The land is struggling to get out of town.
01:58The land is struggling to cross the land.
01:59These are struggling to increase in place,
02:00Most farmers are facing a debt problem.
02:04They are now hoping for relief from the government.
02:08Bureau Report, India Today.
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