Muzaffarnagar: Baby dies in relief camp due to pneumonia

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 24: A five-month-old baby girl has succumbed to pneumonia in a relief camp at Malakpur village in Shamli district here. Superintendent of Government Health Centre of Kairana, Charan Singh said a team has been sent for inquiry into the death of the child.

According to camp organiser Maulana Aslem, Shabnam contracted pneumonia due to the cold conditions sweeping the region and died on Friday.

34 children living in relief camps have died in riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts between September 7 and December 20 when the winter chill was increasing.

While 12 children had died in the camps, the remaining 22 had died in hospitals or nursing homes where they were taken for medical care. Over 60 persons were killed and more than 40,000 displaced in communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in September last year.

Meanwhile Akhilesh Yadav's government was thoroughly critisised by the Opposition over the poor facilities at the relief camps.

PTI