Oppn corners govt over malnutrition, CM says ‘committed to eliminate it’

In Gujarat, 1,42,142 children are suffering from malnutrition, over which the Opposition Congress cornered the ruling BJP during the Question Hour in the Assembly Tuesday even as Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said that the government was committed to eliminate malnutrition from the state.
As per the details provided by the state government to different starred questions raised by Congress MLAs, out of the total 1,42,142 malnourished children, 1,18,041 are underweight and 24,101 children are with “very low weight”.
Dahod district of Central Gujarat tops the list with 14,191 malnourished children followed by Narmada district having 12,673 malnourished children. Porban-dar district of Saurashtra has the least number of malnourished children at 469, followed by Botad with 758 malnourished children.

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