"Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma has ordered Textiles Commissioner (A B Joshi) to visit Vidarbha to inquire into the news reports on cotton farmer suicide," a statement issued by the Textiles Ministry said.
Earlier in the day, a senior official told PTI in Nagpur that "two farmers have committed suicide in the Yavatmal district."
The deceased have been identified as Ajabrao Meshram of village Shivani and Ramnna Pedkulwar of village Aril.
Meanwhile, activists claimed that low cotton yield was one of the factors which had forced farmers to take the extreme step.
Farmers' advocacy group Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti claimed three more farmers have ended their lives in Vidarbha region since yesterday and number of such cases have gone up to 332.
Ramdas Dhale of village Chicholi in Yavatmal district committed suicide early today morning, it said, adding he was a debt-ridden cotton farmer.
Parvatibai Kadel of Poharadevi in Washim district and Shriram Kakad of village Sategaon in Amaravati ended their lives, the Samiti said.
The number of farmers' suicides in year 2012 rose to 332, Kishore Tiwari, President of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) claimed. PTI RR AMA JOE VT RSY SDM NS KSR
