A group of Right to Information (RTI) activists has been monitoring the situation in the Nagada village ever since the back-to-back deaths of malnourished children were extensively covered by media in 2016. Fact-finding teamA fact-finding team led by Pradip Pradhan, an RTI activist, had recently visited Nagada and Guhisala, which comprise of six hamlets, namely, Guhiasala, Naliadaba, Upper Nagada, Majhi Nagada, Tala Nagada and Tumuni. When Nagada hit headlines for the deaths of 19 malnourished children in 2016, the government had pledged to make different development interventions to remove the blot. Now, it claims to have spent ₹24 crore, but we have not found any visible development there,” said Mr. Pradhan. Moneys spentAccording to information obtained by filing a series of RTI applications, the total amount spent for Nagada village in three years is ₹23.57 crore.

Source: The Hindu June 14, 2019 16:02 UTC