Vidarbha (Maharashtra), Feb 18: Farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, ahead of the annual general budget, harbour huge expectations from Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.

Vidarbha, near Nagpur is well-known for high-quality oranges and farmers here expect implementation of special relief packages in the forthcoming budget.

Impoverished farmers are debt-ridden and claim that they are not able to even recover their costs.