A farmer from Sohela block under Bargarh district has committed suicide on 28/2/2017.
As per the report the farmer commit suicide due to crop loss. There was no adequate power supply to the motor points in his field resultantly failed to irrigate the field and thus there was crop loss.
Last year also they faced the same problem. That hampered their economy. The locals have blocked the AH 56 (old NH6) Mumbai-Kolkata Highway for over 5 hours demanding due compensation.