Malnutrition Death Maharashtra

Activists in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Thursday said the recent deaths of two children in the 4-month to 11-month age group took place due to malnutrition, though officials rejected the allegations.

Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Vijaykumar Gavit today said in the state Assembly that there has been no child death reported due to malnutrition in the state in the last five years.

The Bombay High Court on Monday said welfare schemes for the tribal population are only on paper and sought to know from the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to prevent deaths of children due to malnutrition in the tribal regions.

The Bombay High Court on Monday warned the Maharashtra government of stern action if there are any more deaths of children due to malnutrition in the state's tribal belt.

A tribal woman, reportedly unable to cope with extreme property accentuated by the coronavirus crisis, died by suicide in Maharashtra's Palghar district, around 150km from Mumbai.

By Roli Srivastava Khoch, Maharashtra: As Soni Wadwi breastfed her one-year-old son, Sonu, outside her hut in Khoch village in Maharashtra, she recounted how he almost died from severe malnutrition four months ago. The family left the village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra state last year for work for several months as many do. When they re...

The Bombay High Court today came down heavily on the Maharashtra government on the death of tribal children due to malnutrition saying it seems to lack "sensitivity" and is "not concerned at all" and judicial orders were almost an "exercise in futility".

After facing flak from the Supreme Court for its "lack of concern" over the problem of malnutrition in Maharashtra's tribal areas, the state government swung into action and held a meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to decide on a comprehensive nutrition policy.

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Maharashtra government over reports of 600 children dying this year due to malnutrition in Palghar district of the state.

Mumbai: The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to Maharashtra government, giving it four weeks to submit a report on deaths of children allegedly due to malnutrition in Palghar district. The Commission in a statement, said it has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that 600 children have died allegedly due to maln...

Jawhar, Palghar: At the Patangshah cottage hospital in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, the mood is tense. With 22 severely malnourished children admitted here, their parents are a worried lot. Ajit Khadam, father of eight month-old Suraj told NDTV, “My son weights 3.5 kg. Doctors say that’s half of what is considered normal weight for childre...

Voicing concern over death of 17,000 persons due to malnutrition in tribal areas of Maharashtra in the last one year, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to take immediate steps to tackle it and submit details of central grants received for tribal welfare.

Alarmed over the rising deaths of tribal children due to malnourishment in Mokhada tehsil in Palghar district, Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has directed the state to converge various government schemes to tackle the issue efficiently.

The Prime Minister may have called malnutrition a national shame but little has changed on the ground in tackling the problem. The battle against malnutrition is one in which the state seems to be on the losing, especially in tribal areas of Thane district of Maharashtra.

Activists in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Thursday said the recent deaths of two children in the 4-month to 11-month age group took place due to malnutrition, though officials rejected the allegations.

Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Vijaykumar Gavit today said in the state Assembly that there has been no child death reported due to malnutrition in the state in the last five years.

The Bombay High Court on Monday said welfare schemes for the tribal population are only on paper and sought to know from the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to prevent deaths of children due to malnutrition in the tribal regions.

The Bombay High Court on Monday warned the Maharashtra government of stern action if there are any more deaths of children due to malnutrition in the state's tribal belt.

A tribal woman, reportedly unable to cope with extreme property accentuated by the coronavirus crisis, died by suicide in Maharashtra's Palghar district, around 150km from Mumbai.

By Roli Srivastava Khoch, Maharashtra: As Soni Wadwi breastfed her one-year-old son, Sonu, outside her hut in Khoch village in Maharashtra, she recounted how he almost died from severe malnutrition four months ago. The family left the village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra state last year for work for several months as many do. When they re...

The Bombay High Court today came down heavily on the Maharashtra government on the death of tribal children due to malnutrition saying it seems to lack "sensitivity" and is "not concerned at all" and judicial orders were almost an "exercise in futility".

After facing flak from the Supreme Court for its "lack of concern" over the problem of malnutrition in Maharashtra's tribal areas, the state government swung into action and held a meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to decide on a comprehensive nutrition policy.

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Maharashtra government over reports of 600 children dying this year due to malnutrition in Palghar district of the state.

Mumbai: The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to Maharashtra government, giving it four weeks to submit a report on deaths of children allegedly due to malnutrition in Palghar district. The Commission in a statement, said it has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that 600 children have died allegedly due to maln...

Jawhar, Palghar: At the Patangshah cottage hospital in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, the mood is tense. With 22 severely malnourished children admitted here, their parents are a worried lot. Ajit Khadam, father of eight month-old Suraj told NDTV, “My son weights 3.5 kg. Doctors say that’s half of what is considered normal weight for childre...

Voicing concern over death of 17,000 persons due to malnutrition in tribal areas of Maharashtra in the last one year, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to take immediate steps to tackle it and submit details of central grants received for tribal welfare.

Alarmed over the rising deaths of tribal children due to malnourishment in Mokhada tehsil in Palghar district, Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has directed the state to converge various government schemes to tackle the issue efficiently.

The Prime Minister may have called malnutrition a national shame but little has changed on the ground in tackling the problem. The battle against malnutrition is one in which the state seems to be on the losing, especially in tribal areas of Thane district of Maharashtra.