Two farmer brothers died after allegedly jumping in front of the Chhindwara Express at Bahmanwala village near Kotkapura town in Punjab’s Faridkot district on Monday.Eyewitnesses said the two, holding each other’s hands, jumped before the train, resulting in their instant death. The deceased were identified as Jaskaran Singh (38) and Jaswinder Singh (34), alias Jora, both residents of Harineau village here.Government Railway Police (GRP) teams reached the spot soon after receiving information and took the bodies into custody. The bodies were sent for post-mortem to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot. Further proceedings are being carried out based on statements by the bereaved family.According to sources and villagers, the brothers were the youngest among eight siblings and lived together with their families, jointly managing farming activities. Though they owned limited land, they also cultivated additional land taken on lease. However, they had been under severe mental stress for a long time due to mounting debt, which had doubled from Rs 25 lakh to nearly Rs 50 lakh, said villagers.Despite continuous efforts, including cultivating crops like potatoes, they were unable to recover costs as market prices remained low, further aggravating their distress.On the day of the incident, they reportedly reached the railway track on a two-wheeler and waited for the train before allegedly jumping to death.No plan to fully waive farm loan: nirmalaNew Delhi: The Centre is not considering any proposal for a complete loan waiver for farmers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament on Monday. She, however, said the government had taken steps to strengthen the economic conditions of farmers, including timely credit through Kisan Credit Card, enhancing collateral-free short-term agricultural loans, crop insurance and direct cash transfer to landholding farmers through PM-KISAN, etc.Village gurdwara committee president Kuldeep Singh said the brothers shared deep affection and were “driven to suicide by financial hardship”. He urged the government to waive the family’s debt and provide financial assistance. The brothers are survived by their wives (both sisters) and a young daughter each.The Kirti Kisan Union has demanded loan waiver for the family, besides compensation of Rs 10 lakh each. Union leaders, including state president Nirbhai Singh Dhudike and general secretary Rajinder Singh Deep Singh Wala, termed the deaths “deeply unfortunate” and reflective of the worsening condition of small and marginal farmers in Punjab.They alleged that successive governments had failed to fulfil promises of loan waivers, leaving farmers trapped in debt. “Agriculture has become a loss-making occupation. Instead of making farming viable, policies are pushing farmers out of agriculture,” they said.The union also demanded a comprehensive loan waiver for farmers owning up to 10 acres and called for farmer-friendly agricultural policies. They blamed the prevailing agricultural model for rising input costs and poor returns, stating that such systemic issues continued to push farmers into a debt trap.Meanwhile, GRP officials confirmed that an investigation was underway, and further action would be taken based on the statements of the victims’ family members.