125 children die of malnutrition in MP: NGOs
More than 125 children under six years of age have lost their lives due to malnutrition in four districts of Madhya Pradesh since May 2008, NGOs have claimed.
By PTI |
BHOPAL: More than 125 children under six years of age have lost their lives due to malnutrition in four districts of Madhya Pradesh since May 2008, NGOs have claimed.
The state government, however, clarified the deaths were caused due to diseases like pneumonia, viral fever and diarrhoea, but not due to malnutrition.
The NGOs, Right to Food Campaign and Spandan, have claimed that 40 children died in Khandwa district due to malnutrition, 64 in Satna, 8 in Sheopur and 13 in Shivpuri district of the state since last four-and-a-half month.
Spandan's Prakash said that 40 children of Korku tribe belonging to Khandwa and Khalva blocks have died due to malnutrition and nearly 100 are still undergoing treatment in various government hospitals in the district.
Right to Food Campaign's Sachin Jain and Prashant said that they were active in the state to ensure food security to the people and have conducted the two-month long intensive survey to arrive at the figure of 125 deaths due to malnutrition in just four districts of Madhya Pradesh.
" We have told the the government about the large number of malnourished children in these districts, but no action has been taken resulting in loss of so many lives," Prashant said.
However, the release quoting the state Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister, Kusum Mehdele termed the reports of death due to malnutrition as totally 'baseless' and 'misleading', but admitted that deaths in Khandwa district occurred due to diseases like viral fever, pneumonia, diarrhea and liver-related disease.
The state government, however, clarified the deaths were caused due to diseases like pneumonia, viral fever and diarrhoea, but not due to malnutrition.
The NGOs, Right to Food Campaign and Spandan, have claimed that 40 children died in Khandwa district due to malnutrition, 64 in Satna, 8 in Sheopur and 13 in Shivpuri district of the state since last four-and-a-half month.
Spandan's Prakash said that 40 children of Korku tribe belonging to Khandwa and Khalva blocks have died due to malnutrition and nearly 100 are still undergoing treatment in various government hospitals in the district.
Right to Food Campaign's Sachin Jain and Prashant said that they were active in the state to ensure food security to the people and have conducted the two-month long intensive survey to arrive at the figure of 125 deaths due to malnutrition in just four districts of Madhya Pradesh.
" We have told the the government about the large number of malnourished children in these districts, but no action has been taken resulting in loss of so many lives," Prashant said.
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However, the release quoting the state Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister, Kusum Mehdele termed the reports of death due to malnutrition as totally 'baseless' and 'misleading', but admitted that deaths in Khandwa district occurred due to diseases like viral fever, pneumonia, diarrhea and liver-related disease.
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