As many as 310 farmers committed suicide in Chhattisgarh in the last three years, Revenue Minister Premprakash Pandey informed the state Assembly today.
In a written reply to a question by Congress's Amarjeet Bhagat, he gave district-wise break-up of farmers' suicides between January 1, 2013 and January 31, 2016.
The maximum number of suicides were reported in Surguja district (102), followed by Bemetara (65), Kabirdham (42), Janjgir-Champa (33), Raigarh (24), Rajnandgaon (16), Balod (9), Raipur (6), Balodabazar (4), Dhamtari (3), Mahasamund (2) and one each in Bastar, Kondagaon, Korba and Durg.
