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Supreme Court's special team verifies malnutrition complaint in UP village | A special team of the Supreme Court has verified reports of malnourishment in Ganne village of Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad District. The conditions have been found to be very poor, as the villagers have
no employment and no source of income. The committee has called for providing
means of livelihood to the villagers. "The budget of the Gram Panchayat (Village
Council) is one lakh rupees but on an average, the budget for the Uttar Pradesh
Gram Panchayat is coming out to be 10 lakh rupees. There is an urgent need of
work. It is difficult as it is a rocky area but the government needs to find an
alternative because they do not have any other means of living. The condition
of nutrition is very bad. If a 10-year-old boy weighs10-15 kg, it is a case of
Severe Acute Malnourishment. This is not only malnutrition but in medical terms,
we say SAM, Severe Acute Malnourishment. There should be a different type of malnourishment
programme," said Arundhati Dhruv, a member of the Supreme Court's committee. The
committee also found that schemes like Anganwadi or Mid-day Meal are not being
implemented there. Schools, including the ones that do implement the Angandwadi
scheme, are five to six km away, making it very difficult for children to go there.
The committee will submit their report to the Supreme Court shortly. Responding
to media reports that Ganne's villagers had to survive on eating mud and stones,
the district administration has said that such was not the case, and that no one
is "dying of hunger". The administration however, added that the situation is
under control. |
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