A 40-year-old tenant farmer, Banoth Veeranna, died by suicide in Khammam after crop losses and mounting debts of ₹15 lakh. He recorded a video explaining tenant farmers’ struggles and urged the government to provide support and subsidies.
The tenant farmer, Srinivas, used to sow crops by hiring two acres of land besides his own 20 guntas. Besides agriculture, he used to run a chicken centre and work in a marriage band service