<h1>Contractor's suicide highlights corruption, harassment, and delayed payments under state water supply scheme</h1> A contractor in Maharashtra committed suicide allegedly due to harassment, corruption, and delayed payments by government authorities under a state-run water supply scheme. The deceased had pending government bills totaling Rs 1.4 crore and had taken substantial loans to complete the contracted work. Political leaders accused the ruling coalition of mismanagement and failure to clear dues, linking the incident to broader systemic issues of financial neglect and administrative delays affecting contractors statewide. The opposition characterized the death as a consequence of government negligence and called for urgent remedial action to prevent similar tragedies among contractors dependent on timely payments for their livelihoods.