1,274 kids died of malnutrition in 10 months in Maharashtra

March 30, 2015 20:44

As many as 1,274 children died of malnutrition in three districts of Maharashtra in ten months, the Legislative Council was informed today.

These deaths (of children below 6 years) were reported between April 2014 and January 2015 in the districts of Nandurbar (662), Palghar (418) and Thane (194), said Minister of State for Women and Child Welfare Minister Vidya Thakur.

Despite various initiatives taken by the Government, malnutrition cases in Bhiwandi area of Thane district doubled in 2014, she said.

Conceding that the figure of children dying due to insufficient diet was "alarming", Thakur said, "The number of malnourished children doubled in Bhiwandi-2 project area between 2013 and 2014. We are taking a lot of measures to reduce the cases."

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