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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | In Odisha's rice bowl, suspected starvation death raises the spectre of hunger stalking the elderly -Priya Ranjan Sahu

In Odisha's rice bowl, suspected starvation death raises the spectre of hunger stalking the elderly -Priya Ranjan Sahu

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published Published on Jul 1, 2018   modified Modified on Jul 1, 2018
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Too ill to collect her share of PDS rice and with most of her neighbours unaware of her condition, Kunduru Nag, 68, died on June 12.

Around 20 km from the district headquarters of Bargarh, Khuntpali seems to be quite developed compared to most villages in Odisha. Located in the irrigated region of the district – often referred to as the “rice bowl” of the state – Khuntpali is also a fairly big village with seven wards and over 1,000 families, 450 of them skilled in weaving.

There are five anganwadi centres, three government schools, a public school, a government high school and a Plus 2 (pre-university) college in Khuntpali. It also boasts of several highly educated residents including an Indian Administrative Service officer, 20 doctors, and some scientists and researchers settled abroad. A metalled road links it with the highway while the concrete village road has several two-storey homes on either side. There is greenery all around.

It is an unlikely place for a starvation death to occur. Which is why the alleged starvation death of 68-year-old Kunduru Nag on June 12 came as a shock.

Following her death, the Bargarh district administration ordered an inquiry. Sadar block development officer Sarat Bag said the inquiry found that Nag and her 78-year-old husband Jadumani Nag had been receiving their pensions and the family’s quota of rice under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana regularly. “The inquiry report has revealed that it is not a case of starvation death,” he said.

Jadumani Nag, who belongs to an Other Backward Classes community, is landless. He and his wife lived by themselves after their only daughter got married a long time ago. The couple used to be farm labourers but had stopped working five years ago. Their only income since then was the Rs 600 both received every month as old age pension, along with 35 kg of rice under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, which is meant for the poorest of the poor.

With Jadumani Nag having become mentally unstable a few years ago, Kunduru Nag was the sole breadwinner of the family and did odd jobs in some households in exchange for food or money.

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Scroll.in, 30 June, 2018, https://amp.scroll.in/article/884496/in-odishas-rice-bowl-suspected-starvation-death-raises-the-spectre-of-hunger-stalking-the-elderly


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