376 farmers succumbed to despair in 2024, bringing the total number of farmer suicides to 447 in 14-month Congress rule in Telangana

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Ground reality a grim reminder of the pre-2015 era

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What’s adding to the crisis? Real estate crash: Property values have plummeted by 25-40% in rural pockets

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Lands suitable for cotton and chilli, valued at Rs 30-50 lakh per acre during the BRS regime, have dropped 25-40%

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Farm lands connected well by road network, which commanded a price of Rs 1-1.5 cr, no longer sought-after

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Rythu Bharosa: Many farmers have got only a fraction of the amount While some got just Rs 450 instead of the Rs 7,650, some haven’t got any money

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Loan waiver: Over 2 lakh farmers with crop loans above Rs 2 lakh waiting for waiver With no takers for farmland, mortgage and farm loans have become a burden

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Parched fields: Borewells have started failing again Significant drop of 2.88 billion cubic metres in groundwater levels

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A 120-km stretch of Godavari, which was once brimming following construction of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages, has dried up

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376 farmers succumbed to despair in 2024, bringing the total number of farmer suicides to 447 in 14-month Congress rule in Telangana

Ground reality a grim reminder of the pre-2015 era

What’s adding to the crisis? Real estate crash: Property values have plummeted by 25-40% in rural pockets

Lands suitable for cotton and chilli, valued at Rs 30-50 lakh per acre during the BRS regime, have dropped 25-40%

Farm lands connected well by road network, which commanded a price of Rs 1-1.5 cr, no longer sought-after

Rythu Bharosa: Many farmers have got only a fraction of the amount While some got just Rs 450 instead of the Rs 7,650, some haven’t got any money

Loan waiver: Over 2 lakh farmers with crop loans above Rs 2 lakh waiting for waiver With no takers for farmland, mortgage and farm loans have become a burden

Parched fields: Borewells have started failing again Significant drop of 2.88 billion cubic metres in groundwater levels

A 120-km stretch of Godavari, which was once brimming following construction of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages, has dried up

Farmer suicides

2015

1,358

2016

632

2017

846

2018

900

2019

491

2020

466

2021

352

2022

178

2023

271

2024

376