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“This is horrific”: Bombay HC expresses shock over malnutrition deaths in Maharashtra's Melghat region
Updated On: 12 November, 2025 06:02 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
“This is horrific. The government should be worried and concerned,” the bench said, while hearing a set of public interest litigations highlighting the continued deaths of children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers from malnutrition in the region
The court said government assurances since 2006 have failed to bring action on the ground. Representational Pic
The Bombay High Court (HC) on Wednesday strongly criticised the Maharashtra Government for its “extremely casual” handling of the malnutrition crisis in the state’s tribal-dominated Melghat region, calling the deaths of infants there “horrific”.
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh Patil noted that between June till date, 65 infants aged between zero and six months have died due to malnutrition in Melghat, located in Amravati district.
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