JEYPORE: Loan burden claimed the life of yet another farmer in the State. Damburu Gowada, a 65-year-old farmer of Koraput village under Kolar panchayat of Boipariguda block, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison over loan burden on Wednesday. Sources said Damburu had taken loans from various sources to cultivate paddy in his five acres of land in the kharif season. However, the crops were damaged for lack of irrigation facilities and inadequate rainfall. Family members said he was under pressure to repay the loans. His body was sent for postmortem on Thursday and an inquiry has been initiated by Jeypore Sub-Collector R K Karkara.This is the third such incident in the Jeypore sub-division this year.Members of the Upper Kolab project committee, the apex body of pani panchayats, have demanded loan waiver for affected farmers like Damburu in the tribal area.
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