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  • 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.
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