With 9 more farmers committing suicide during the last 2 days, the death toll in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra has mounted to 1101, the convenor of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, Kishor Tiwari claimed on Thursday.
Despite all financial aid packages announced by the Centre and the state government, suicides by farmers have continued in the region, Tiwari told reporters in Yavatmal.
Meanwhile, the farmers across the region have extended their wholehearted support to the fast undertaken by the
former Union Minister Mohan Dharia in Pune.