Cant we feed our children????

MALNUTRITION REACHES EPIDEMIC PROPORTION IN MADHYA PRADESH.

I m shocked by this piece of news in newspaper today. 25 children in two villages of M.P. died due to malnutrition. I was further shocked to know that 60% children in 0-3 age group are malnourished in Madhya Pradesh. This is not all….82.60% of them are anaemic. This has been revealed by Ntional Family health Survey (NFHS)-III. Even shocking thing is that infant mortality rate is 70/1000, while the same indicator for the tribal areas is 95.6/1000. according to UNESCO the malnutrition in tribal population in M.P. is much higher than in Sub-saharan Africa. And Hongkong based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) says that 80% malnourished children are in Rewa.

The first question comes to my mind is if a country who boasts of 9% GDP growth these days…cant feed its children???? What about tribal rehabilitation policy? Where is the Public Distribution System (PDS)? Where are the tribal welfare schemes and programs? Isn’t it the responsibility of the state? Isn’t it a crime against humanity? If agencies in Hongkong can know about situation in M.P. then why not Govt. of M.P. n Central Govt.??? or we have deliberately left children to die?????