Yet another debt-ridden farmer committed suicide, this time at Gambhariguda village under Kokasara block in Kalahandi district on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Parmananda Lahajal (28).
Sources said Parmananda had consumed poison on Wednesday night and was admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital here. The young farmer had borrowed Rs 35 lakh from a self-help group (SHG) and cultivated paddy on over four acre of land.
Family sources said Parmananda was mentally disturbed and distressed following his standing crops got damaged due to scanty rainfall and pest attack.
He took the extreme step out of severe depression.
Similarly, a farmer identified as Purnachandra Seth, a native of Nialpali village in Sundargarh district, had ended his life by consuming poison on October 22.
Earlier in the month, Goutam Seth, a young farmer of Sambalpur district has committed suicide after his standing crop over 12-acre got damaged due to shortage of water.