A 60-year-old farmer died by suicide in Adilabad after allegedly struggling with mounting debts following cotton crop failure. The district reported six farmer suicides in October, amid a 32 per cent rainfall deficit and worsening agrarian distress.
Farmer suicides in Telangana increased in 2025, with 285 deaths reported, highlighting ongoing agrarian distress. Data points to crop failure, rising lease costs and lack of support as key reasons, with tenant farmers being the most affected
Telangana has recorded 793 farmer suicides since the Congress government took office. Rising debt, high input costs, erratic MSP, delayed Rythu Bharosa payments, and aggressive moneylenders are pushing farmers into distress, with the problem worsening in 2025, say activists and experts.
Sharing the CCTV footage of farmer's suicide on social media, BRS working president KT Rama Rao called it a gut-wrenching testament to the Congress government's failed administration
Despite record production of paddy and good yields from cotton crops too, the State has witnessed a tragic spike in farmer suicides. The farmer community has been left in shock and grief in many villages.
