In Odisha: a farmer ends life each 3 and half days, a daily
wage labour commits suicide each one and half days, and an unemployed youth
takes self life each day.
This is figure for 2014 by the National Crime Records
Bureau. This is only statistics, the reality may be more shameful to learn.
However it doesn't fail to show us the fact that the current development model
has failed the poor and needy...
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The stats: Suicides in 2014 (for state of Odisha)
Total number of suicides: 4160 (1832 F, 2328 M)
Farmer suicides: 102 (4 Females) (5 land owners, 97 sharecroppers and agricultural labours)
Daily wage labours: 205
Unemployed Youths: 360
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Ranjan Panda
Convenor, Water Initiatives Odisha
Mahanadi River Waterkeeper (Member, Global Waterkeeper Alliance, New York)
Mob: +91-94370-50103
Email: ranjanpanda@gmail.com
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