- 50 suicides since June. 340 since '01.
- Most suicide victims owed money to moneylenders who lend at 50 per cent.
- Successive crop failures led to farmers piling up huge debts.
- Vidarbha has received less than 25 per cent of its normal rainfall this year.
- Seven districts in the region reeling under severe drought.
- Relief measures announced by state government yet to reach the villages.