After alleged starvation death, proposal for foodgrain bank at block, panchayat level

Facing a barrage of criticism in the wake of death of a woman in Giridih allegedly due to starvation, the Jharkhand Food department today proposed that the state government set up a foodgrain bank of varied capacity at block and panchayat level.

Jharkhand Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affair Minister, Saryu Roy, also said that his department has written to all the district administrations to conduct a post-mortem if any suspected case of starvation death was reported.

"I have proposed that the government set up a foodgrain bank of 10 quintal capacity at block level and one quintal capacity at panchayat level," Roy told reporters.

The minister said that the bank could be managed either by his department or Rural Development or by Social Welfare department.

The Jharkhand government has drawn flak in the wake of 58-year-old Savitri Devi