More than 24,000 Maharashtra children died of malnourishment in 1 year, says Govt report

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government today released malnourishment figures for the state which shockingly show that over 24,000 children died of malnourishment in the past one year.

The figures were revealed by the state government in the assembly today.

The government also revealed that till January this year, it was found that there are over 10 lakh malnourished children in the state, and over 1.24 lakh of these are severely malnourished.