HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam lodged a complaint with the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), alleging that as many as 2,530 farmers had committed suicide so far in the state because of financial problems and mounting debts ever since chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao assumed office.
“Of them, 393 farmers belonged to Karimnagar district, 365 to Medak, 358 to Nalgonda, 339 to Mahbubnagar, 338 to Warangal, 243 to Adilabad, 188 to Rangareddy, 150 to Nizamabad and 129 to Khammam district,” party's Telangana unit president L Ramana said.
According to him, when he had informed the SHRC that the state government was not giving proper compensation to the families of the deceased farmers, the commission had sought details of the farmers. Then, all the details of the farmers, including their names and addresses, were submitted to the commission.
Meanwhile, an 11-member TDP delegation headed by L Ramana and A Revanth Reddy petitioned governor ESL Narasimhan seeking cancellation of the recent pact made between Telangana and Maharashtra governments over sharing of Godavari waters.
Alleging that the agreement was detrimental to the interests of Telangana, the TDP leaders requested the governor to take steps to annul the pact.
The leaders also appealed to Narasimhan to direct the state government to pay compensation to the oustees of Mallanna Sagar project as per the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.