Navya a fifth class student has been working on the field from past one month. When asked for reason why she is not in school, she said my father died by drinking alcohol after a failed crop and got accumulated in debt.
Because there is no money my mother asked me to work, so iam working here to earn 100 per day.
A similar story heard from Dhanalakshmi and her sister Depeeka who are picking cotton as the crop owned by her father failed due to drought and uneven monsoon.
In the state of Telangana over 350 farmer’s suicide cases has been registered. The impact of the drought and distress agriculture due to unexpected rainfall is seen on the lives of young dropouts.
School going children of age 8 to 10 are working in the fields, to help their families.
Child right activist says that the unrealistic promises made by Chief Minister KCR is the reason for farmer suicides which in turn affecting the life’s of young generation.
