Adilabad:The state government has sanctioned ex gratia and pending arrears to 20 families of farmers who committed suicide due to crop loss and mounting debts in the erstwhile Adilabad district. This long-awaited relief comes as part of a broader order (GO No. 15) issued on the High Court’s direction, benefitting 141 families across the state.
The sanctioned amount of Rs 6 lakh per family is expected to help these bereaved families repay debts owed to moneylenders and focus on their children’s education. Among the beneficiaries, 18 families are from Adilabad district, with one each from Asifabad and Mancherial districts.
A majority — 85 per cent — of the farmers who took their own lives were tenant farmers who lacked land…
