Last week’s hailstorm and unseasonal March rain not only destroyed the rabi crop of Indrajeet but also took his life. Devastated as he was at the destruction in his farm, the farmer from Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh committed suicide on his field, leaving behind a grieving family and unpaid debts.
According to his sister Rani, it was not just the hard work put in the crops but also the debts Indrajeet had taken for the treatment of his daughter-in-law which drove him to take the extreme step.
Mahipal, a 42-year-old farmer from Chata district, died of shock and cardiac arrest after seeing the destruction of his crop by the unseasonal rain and hailstorm which have lashed most parts of the State. The farmer from Lodholi village in Barsana area of the district was taken to hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Besides Mahipal, at least three more cases of farmers’ death due to heart attack were reported from Unnao and Agra districts of the State.
Agricultural experts argued that the unseasonal rain came at a very crucial period for the crops so the adverse impact was substantial on the produce. Most of the standing crop was waiting to be harvested.
