Ahmedabad: One more farmer committed suicide in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat bringing the total number of suicides to 11 in the last one month in the state, sources said. At a press interaction, BJP chief R C Faldu remarked that in neighbouring Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, farmers are committing suicide in thousands.

Dinesh Mokariya, 45, a farmer in Keshod village consumed poison on 21 August night reportedly upset over his failed crop and non availability of cheap fodder for his cattle.