Surrounded by agricultural fields, 40 km from Yavatmal town, is Borisinh village, among the many in Maharashtra where farmers continue to suffer from pesticide poisoning.
Hiraman Sayam, 45, among the farmers affected by pesticide poisoning in 2017, despairs that his body does not have strength as it did before. “I woke up feeling breathless and restless, which was followed by fits and seizures. My shivering body gradually turned cold. My cousins tied me to a cot using a rope and sari because I was not able to lie still. They carried me to the Akola Bazaar Prathmik Arogya Kendra Hospital, from there I was referred to the Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College and Hospital,” Mr. Sayam recalls.
He had sprayed an insecticide named Polo, based on a seller’s recommendation that it would significantly increase his cotton yield.
