HRF demands compensation to kin of farmers
An HRF fact-finding team, comprising K. Anuradha, HRF A.P. State executive committee member; Y Rajesh, HRF A.P. State general secretary; V.S. Krishna, HRF A.P. and TG Coordination Committee member; and members of Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV) , had visited seven villages in three mandals of Gurazala division in Palnadu on July 29 and 30 and met the families of the nine farmers who ended their life in the recent years.
Speaking to media in Visakhapatnam, the HRF members said that they found that G.O. 43, meant to provide relief and rehabilitation to such families, remains unimplemented. 'Of the nine families we visited, only one had received financial assistance under the G.O. In several cases, even after official recognition that the deaths were genuine farmer suicides caused due to agrarian reasons as laid out in G.O. 43, the families received no compensation.'
In several cases, even after the three-member committee verified the deaths as farming-related, no compensation was disbursed, the HRF said.
The HRF demanded that the RDO-headed divisional-level three-member verification committee must immediately visit the affected families, complete the inquiry and ensure prompt disbursal of financial assistance and rehabilitation support.
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