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Food for malnourished children sold as feed for livestock

Updated on: 08 June,2012 11:17 AM IST  | 
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A TV channel exposes a tale of shame from Maharashtra where food for malnutrated children are being siphoned off and sold as feed for livestock

Food for malnourished children sold as feed for livestock

A hidden-camera investigation uncovered this nexus in Vikramgadh taluka in Thane district.



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The probe revealed that nutrition supplements meant for starving children in anganwadis is being siphoned off by middlemen, allegedly in connivance with government officials.


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What's more shocking is that the supplements are then sold to poultry and dairy farms as feed for livestock.
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Vikramgadh taluka has a large tribal population and malnutrition is very high amongst them.

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