Bhadali :Even as godowns across India are overflowing with grain, people in some parts of the country are ironically dying of starvation. Despite the public outcry, in the Aurangabad district in Maharashtra, 12 adivasi children have died of malnutrition in the last month alone.One family has already lost their two-year-old son. But they have no time to grieve. They have to worry about where they will get food for their other children. “My son did not get food and died. We are in a bad condition. We are worried about what we will feed our boys," said Shobha Bai.

Twelve children have died from malnutrition in the last month and more than 20 are extremely malnourished. Adding to the problems is the landless and unemployed status of most of Bhadali's adivasi residents.Apart from malnutrition problem, the residents of this village are unhappy with the government’s medical negligence. Government aid here is almost non-existent. "We did not get anything in hospital. So we walked back 50 kilometres and reached home," said Kadubai Thackrey, a resident of the area.In the last four months, the government medical team has been here only twice. Unless aid reaches Bhadali soon, the situation here could deteriorate even further.