Another farmer ends life due to crop failure

Rajkot | Thursday | 8th November, 2018

Summary:

After sowing, he was expecting good income post the harvest but the entire crop failed due to poor monsoon.Kachela is the 11th farmer to commit suicide in Saurashtra in the last three months due to crop failure. Rajkot: Severe financial crunch due to crop failure led another farmer to end his life in Saurashtra on Wednesday.Dhiru Kachela, 55, living in Khakharia village of Babra taluka in Amreli district, consumed pesticide in his farm early in the morning. His son Sanjay who had accompanied him to the farm, rushed Kachela to Babaria Hospital, where doctors declared dead on admission.Sanjay told police in a statement that his father was under severe mental stress for the last few days due to financial crunch..