"We Stay Hungry So Kids Can Eat": Malnutrition Rises In Maharashtra's Palghar | Read

Umesh is three years old but weighs the same as a one-year-old. At 8 kg, he's underweight by 4 kg or 33 per cent. And his height is 84 centimetres, or 6.6 per cent less than ideal. With no schools amid the coronavirus crisis, there are also no midday meals - the government's food scheme - for his nine-year-old brother. Their mother, Pramila Bhambre, is stressed about feeding an extra mouth."Now we are four people. It becomes difficult to feed all of them. This younger one needs to be taken care of. He is underweight, so I'm worried about his health," says Ms Bhambre. The days have been severely stressful for Pramila and her husband Ashok Bhambre, who works as migrant workers in nearby Bhiwandi.