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#BombayHighCourt bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni to shortly hear PIL pertaining to malnutrition deaths of children, pregnant & lactating mothers in tribal belt of #Maharashtra.
Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni tells the bench that officials of the state conducted a three days tour of the entire tribal belt at #Melghat

"All health facilities were visited and all issues were addressed," AG tells the bench.
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AG: We have prepared two reports on the available facilities at #Melghat. 15 teams of medical officers have been formed to check facilities in #Amravati #Dharni & #Chikaldhara tribal regions in the state.

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#BombayHighCourt bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni hearing a decade old PIL pertaining to the deaths of children, pregnant, lactating mothers in #Melghat region of #Maharashtra due to malnutrition.
CJ is informed that from September 13 till date there are over seven plus deaths of children in #Chikhaldhara and #Dharni areas, which are tribal regions.

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Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni for @CMOMaharashtra submits an affidavit before the bench. Says that meetings have been conducted to appoint officials to implement all the schemes and policies at the ground level.

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#BombayHighCourt bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni is hearing a decade old PIL highlighting deaths of children, pregnant and lactating women owing to malnutrition in tribal belt of #Maharashtra especially #Melghat
Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni for @CMOMaharashtra has appeared today after the bench slammed the state govt in a previous hearing. He is reading from the state's latest affidavit which lists measures taken for betterment of tribal communities in these areas.

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CJ: Mr AG, we want to know if the deaths have taken place?
AG: Yes. That's correct.
CJ: Then what's the use of all these measures? Aren't these schemes only on paper? Don't we have value for human life?

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#BombayHighCourt bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni hearing an old PIL pertaining to rise in deaths of children, pregnant women and lactating mothers owing to malnutrition in tribal areas of #Maharashtra

Activist Burma appearing in person
Since the matter has come up for hearing after a few years, Burma apprises the bench of the issues involved in the PIL pertaining to malnutrition deaths.

Informs last order passed in 2018 by bench led by Justice Abhay Oka to check into crores of grants made by govt
Adv Neha Bhide for @CMOMaharashtra tells the bench that the Union govt has been seeking adjournments in this matter since 2018.

Burma: In months between May to June this year, 49 students have died. Over 11k children are underweight. No much progress in this issue.
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