Maharashtra recorded 14,526 child deaths across seven districts in three years, Public Health Minister Prakash Abitkar at Maharashtra winter session. The state also reported rising malnutrition cases. Meanwhile, Mumbai police logged 82 missing children cases in just 36 days, highlighting urgent safety concerns

Maharashtra’s Public Health Minister, while speaking at the winter assembly session, cited government records, saying that seven districts of Maharashtra recorded 14,526 child deaths over the past three years. Shiv Sena leader Abitkar further shared the data in a written reply to a question raised by BJP legislator Sneha Dubey.

According to Minister Prakashrao Abitkar, between 2022-23 and 2024-25, Pune, Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nagpur, Amravati, Akola and Yavatmal distr

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