Special Correspondent

Panaji, Nov 14 : A Non Government Organisation (NGO), Sangath, will begin an intervention program help the crisis ridden Cotton farmers in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, a senior functionary has said.

The NGO, operating out of Goa, has been selected by Dorabjee Tata Trust for the ambitious project that is aiming to nullify the suicides amongst the farmers of Vidarbha.

Sangath Chairman Vishram Gupte said that the pre-launch meeting for the project would be held in Nagpur on November 30, to discuss the head-way for the project.

A National Crime Bureau Record statistics has indicated that 30,000 farmers have given up hopes and gave up their lives in last one decade, many by consuming pesticides. Gupte said that largely lack of irrigation facilities, infertility of land and state  government’s failure are the reasons for aggravating crisis here.

The NGO with professionals on board has decided to reach to these farmers in a scientific manner and address their basic issues and render the moral support.

Gupte said that the four-year-long project will cover four districts from Vidarbha and eight blocks. Sangath is readying to set up its camp office at Nagpur.

Sangath officials said that the experts will diagnose the families, their body language, psychological behaviour and other aspects.

” We will develop the intervention in three sectors major including common mental health disorder, alcohol use disorder and child and adolescent emotional problem,” an expert associated with the project said.