<p>A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to kill self.</p>.<p>Gajanan Narayan Awchar, hailing from Sapatgaon in Sengaon taluka of Hingoli, in his letter written to the CM on July 23 said he has pomegranate plantation over a hectare of land.</p>.<p>The farmer claimed he has not been able to sell the produce in any market since the Covid-19 pandemic and the crop infections since two years have increased the losses to Rs 50 lakh.</p>.<p>In the letter submitted to the chief minister's secretariat on July 24, Awchar claimed he has no means of earning to sustain his family comprising five members as he has a debt of nearly Rs 5 lakh from a bank and Rs 15 lakh from another financial institution.</p>.<p>The farmer also claimed he has been receiving notices from the bank and facing mental harassment for not being able to repay the loan.</p>.<p>"The government should compensate, or else there is no way left for me but to commit suicide," he said in the letter.</p>
<p>A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to kill self.</p>.<p>Gajanan Narayan Awchar, hailing from Sapatgaon in Sengaon taluka of Hingoli, in his letter written to the CM on July 23 said he has pomegranate plantation over a hectare of land.</p>.<p>The farmer claimed he has not been able to sell the produce in any market since the Covid-19 pandemic and the crop infections since two years have increased the losses to Rs 50 lakh.</p>.<p>In the letter submitted to the chief minister's secretariat on July 24, Awchar claimed he has no means of earning to sustain his family comprising five members as he has a debt of nearly Rs 5 lakh from a bank and Rs 15 lakh from another financial institution.</p>.<p>The farmer also claimed he has been receiving notices from the bank and facing mental harassment for not being able to repay the loan.</p>.<p>"The government should compensate, or else there is no way left for me but to commit suicide," he said in the letter.</p>