India, March 15 -- A farmer from western Vidarbha, honoured by the state for his contribution to agriculture, died by suicide on Thursday, his suicide note focusing on the lack of adequate irrigation in this drought-prone region.

Kailash Nagre, 43, a recipient of Maharashtra's prestigious Adarsha Yuva Shetkari Puruskar (Ideal Young Farmer Award) in 2020, consumed poison and died in his fields in Shivni Armal village in Buldhana district on Thursday morning.

At the forefront of protests demanding water for local farmland, Nagre left a three-page suicide note, which expressed his anguish over the lack of adequate irrigation in the region. In his note, he appealed to the chief minister and other people's representatives to ensure that the ...