Debt, starvation killing Andhra weavers
A day after the suicide of three weavers, a case of starvation death of another was reported in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
Bitla Mallaiah, 55, who was found dead in his house at Kamalapur, had no work and died of starvation, said A. Nageshwara Rao, Kamalapur Sub-Inspector. Kamalapur is the assembly constituency of Telangana Rashtra Samithi floor leader E. Rajender.
At Sircilla town in the same district, three unemployed and debt-ridden weavers committed suicide yesterday.
Vengala Srinivas (30), an unemployed powerloom worker, living in Sunaraiahnagar locality, had run up a debt of over Rs 1 lakh and was being pressured by the lender to return it. On Saturday, he went to a neighbourhood shop, bought a bottle of pesticide, consumed it and went to his parents’ house in Tarakanagar. He died there. Srinivas is survived by his wife and two children.
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Bitla Mallaiah, 55, who was found dead in his house at Kamalapur, had no work and died of starvation, said A. Nageshwara Rao, Kamalapur Sub-Inspector. Kamalapur is the assembly constituency of Telangana Rashtra Samithi floor leader E. Rajender.
At Sircilla town in the same district, three unemployed and debt-ridden weavers committed suicide yesterday.
Vengala Srinivas (30), an unemployed powerloom worker, living in Sunaraiahnagar locality, had run up a debt of over Rs 1 lakh and was being pressured by the lender to return it. On Saturday, he went to a neighbourhood shop, bought a bottle of pesticide, consumed it and went to his parents’ house in Tarakanagar. He died there. Srinivas is survived by his wife and two children.
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Labels: Andhra Pradesh, Karimnagar district, pesticide, powerloom worker, starvation death, suicide, Sunaraiahnagar, unemployed, weavers
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