For the last one decade, Agrarian crisis involving heavy debts and failure of crops have witnessed farmers committing suicides or going for mass migration in the Vidarbha region of Maharastra (Amravati and Yavatmal districts) and in the adjoining districts of Madhya Pradesh (Betul and Chhindwara). The alarming rate of suicides and migration in the recent years has caused major concern with the population and resources depleting at faster pace. ...more |