SC concerned over starvation deaths

New Delhi, May 14: Anxious to ensure there is no starvation death in the country, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to 150 poorest districts of the country. "Our anxiety is that there shall be no starvation deaths in a country like ours. We don't think there is anything more important than this," the apex court said while passing the direction at an extraordinary hearing on Saturday which is normally a court holiday.

Lastupdate on : Sat, 14 May 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Sat, 14 May 2011 18:30:00 GMT
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