Last week, the National Human Rights Commission had sent a notice to the Maharashtra government over 600 malnutrition deaths that were reported from the tribal belt of Palghar in a year. The National Family Health Survey 2015-16 has also revealed that 83,000 children, below the age of six years, were found to be severely underweight in the state. This is a 5.8 per cent jump over the previous financial year.
