This story is of the city, imagine unknown reality in the villages across the country. The death of six-year-old Meghala, a malnourished and physically-challenged resident of Devarjeevanahalli here, has thrown light on the wretched state of affairs in one of the lowest socio-economic pockets of the city. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/left-in-the-lurch-malnourished-child-dies/article4930210.ece On Wednesday evening, in a quiet ceremony, her family — which includes her visually-impaired mother and 13-year-old sister — cremated her, after she succumbed to a week-long battle with pneumonia. Despite being identified by the Health Department as ‘malnourished’ and her local anganwadi centre as ‘severely underweight’, this six-year-old who weighed around 11 kg, lived completely outside the State’s welfare net — barring the two eggs and twice-a-week milk she was given at her anganwadi.
Murugamma, her 37-year-old mother, says that her daughter’s “whole life has been a battle”. The three live in a 10x10 hutment, with tin roofs and walls and no floor, and every time it rains their house floods. The grieving mother starts talking about how her daughter was “doomed to malnourishment” as she was too weak to breastfeed her, but her sorrow turns to anger as she narrates the rest of her story. “I raised her on... -- Avinash Shahi Programme Executive at Score Foundation To know more,Why not visit our Website: http://www.eyeway.org/ And M.Phil Research Scholar at Centre for The Study of Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
