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The lull before the storm

Starvation deaths post-Covid are likely to gallop in India's most vulnerable states unless the Centre steps in

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5 min read Last Updated : Apr 27 2020 | 11:27 PM IST

On September 28, 2017, 11-year-old Santoshi Kumari died of hunger in one of Jharkhand’s remote districts after her family could not get hold of ration for months due to the failure to link their ration card to Aadhaar.

Roughly a year later, two brothers in Khirkia village of UP’s Kushinagar district died of starvation after they had not eaten for days even as their mother, a widow, watched helpless. The two brothers simply could not secure work despite MGNREGA promises. I recall reading a report on the brothers’ deaths back then by IndiaSpend and the story stayed with me, simply

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