Kolkar Yamini and Uttej are two bright students from Cheemalavagupalli, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s maternal grandfather’s village in Peddapappur mandal of Anantapur district, but they are living at the mercy of some relatives as their father, Bala Chandraiah, 43, a tenant farmer, committed suicide in August last year.
Bala Chandraiah used to till 2 acres of his father’s land and another 14 acres of others on tenancy growing groundnut in 5 acres, chickpea in 5 acres, and cotton in 4 acres. Due to failure of all crops in the 2021 Kharif season, his debts mounted to ₹11 lakh, which he could not repay. Unable to find a way out he took his life on August 1 last year.
Chandraiah’s wife, Lakshmi Devi, has been single-handedly managing her house with the financial and moral support from her brother, but was skeptical of her ability to give good future to her children, though daughter Yamini got 577 marks in Class 10, when The Hindu asked her as to how she was planning the future of children.
