Agali: Leader of the Opposition V.S Achuthanandan will visit Attapadi on Monday to get a first hand information on child deaths. Achuthanandan will visit Kandiyoor and Nellipathy.
According to official figures, as many as 28 tribal children had died in the last six months alone due to various health problems including malnutrition, poor health of mothers and failure to provide prompt pre and post maternity medical aid. Following this, there were widespread complaints against the government for neglecting the tribal population and not implementing welfare schemes meant for the tribals.