1. I was shocked to learn that the UP Govt gave cheques for amounts as low as Rs.3 to drought-affected farmers in Bundelkhand (‘Doomed in dryland’, The Week, Feb.17, 2008). Farmers are taken for granted and cheated. We forget that it is the fruits of their toil that everybody, including the ministers, enjoys at the dining table. – Sanjay Pawar, On email
2. It is a shame that the government gave cheques for Rs.3 to drought-hit farmers. Perhaps, even the cheque leaf would cost more! – N.S.Rajaram, On email.
3. It is a shame that political parties are blaming each other when 600 farmers have already died of starvation or committed suicide in Bundelkhand. Strangely enough, the crisis went unheeded, though the region had been reeling under drought for the past five years. Howe can the government be so blind? - Harish Saxena, Noida, UP
4. That officials have tried to suppress cases of starvation death in Bundelkhand is a serious matter. I was shocked to read that officials prevented a man from taking the body of his father, who died of starvation, for autopsy. If the police action in Nandigram was state-sponsored terror, this was worse. Human rights groups should take up the matter and ensure that the guilty officials are punished. – Prem Kumar, Lucknow
Courtesy: The Week, March 9, 2008 (Letters to the Editor)
2. It is a shame that the government gave cheques for Rs.3 to drought-hit farmers. Perhaps, even the cheque leaf would cost more! – N.S.Rajaram, On email.
3. It is a shame that political parties are blaming each other when 600 farmers have already died of starvation or committed suicide in Bundelkhand. Strangely enough, the crisis went unheeded, though the region had been reeling under drought for the past five years. Howe can the government be so blind? - Harish Saxena, Noida, UP
4. That officials have tried to suppress cases of starvation death in Bundelkhand is a serious matter. I was shocked to read that officials prevented a man from taking the body of his father, who died of starvation, for autopsy. If the police action in Nandigram was state-sponsored terror, this was worse. Human rights groups should take up the matter and ensure that the guilty officials are punished. – Prem Kumar, Lucknow
Courtesy: The Week, March 9, 2008 (Letters to the Editor)
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