A farmer of Mirigichara Sahi under Dhenkanal district’s Bhuban tehsil died in cardiac arrested reportedly after seeing damaged crops on his farm lands on Friday morning.
Krushak Sangharsh Samiti has appealed to the Bhuban Tehsildar to record deceased Bishwanath Mallick’s name in the Government list of farmers died due to crop loss and loan burden and provide all financial to support to the bereaved family.
In a letter to the Tehsildar, Samiti convenor Er Debashish Hota mentioned that Bishwanath had grown paddy in four acres of land taking loans from private money lenders. He was under pressure as his all crops had been damaged due to scanty rainfall. He had gone to cut paddy plants, if there were any. However, he collapsed seeing no crops in the field, Hota quoted Biswanath’s family members saying in the letter. Hota too demanded that the family be paid `10,000 from Red Cross fund and `2,000 for cremation under the Harichandra Yojana.