Hingoli, Oct 29 (PTI) Some landless farm workers and women’s self-help group members in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district on Thursday pasted ‘house sale’ notices on their doors citing loan repayment pressure amid crop losses and lack of regular employment.
The notices have come up in Waghjali village, a Krantikari Shetkari Sanghatana functionary said.
He claimed some 80-100 women have borrowed money through self-help groups from a micro-finance firm based in neighbouring Washim district, and were allegedly facing harassment despite repaying at least 70 per cent of the amount.
Residents said many of them were struggling to pay loan instalments due to poor rainfall, crop loss and lack of regular farm work.
They claimed loan recovery agents were troubling them with regular house visits.
It had left them with no option but to paste ‘sale’ notices on the doors of their houses.
“We have sent a letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Affected women will protest at the district collector’s office if the administration fails to intervene and give us relief,” villager Dhammaratna More said. PTI COR BNM
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