Award-winning Maharashtra farmer ends life over crop, water woes

Kailash Nagre (42) consumes poison at his farm at Shivni Aarmal village in Deulgaonraja tehsil in the morning

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Buldhana, Updated At : 05:39 PM Mar 13, 2025 IST

A farmer who had received the Maharashtra government's 'Yuva Shetkari' award in 2020 ended his life on Thursday in Buldhana district over crop and irrigation woes, a police official said.

Kailash Nagre (42) consumed poison at his farm at Shivni Aarmal village in Deulgaonraja tehsil in the morning, the Andhera police station official said.

"A four-page suicide note spoke of lack of crop production and shortage of water supply for irrigation. He wanted the government to find a solution to lack of water supply to farms. His suicide note does not name anyone as being responsible for the extreme act. Nagre had won the Yuva Shetkari award in 2020," he said.

An accidental death report has been registered and further probe is under way, the official added.

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