Central team reaches Attappadi

The Palakkad District Medical Officer's claim that of the 26 infants who died in Attapadi, only two died because of malnutrition contradicts the recent studies, conducted on behalf of state social welfare department and by independent agencies, which revealed ...

The number of infant deaths at Attapadi in Kerala's Palakkad this year has mounted to 23 after a two-and-a-half-year-old boy died of cancer at Kozhikode medical college on Friday. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said a high-level meeting will be held on May 22 ...

Reji Joseph Palakkadu: Death on account of malnutrition continues to haunt the tribal hamlet of the remote tribal regions Attapady hills, in Palakkad of Northern Kerala. Over the last 15 months, as many as 112 infants have reportedly died here, ...

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy acknowledged that there is no co-ordination between the various departments who were supposed to look after the implementation of welfare programmes for adivasis in Attappadi. Speaking at the inauguration of Indira ...

The agriculture department and state horticulture mission are set to launch a massive farming drive at Attapadi during the planting season in June, in a bid to revive the area where 22 malnutrition deaths have been reported.

The health package envisaged for Attapadi proposes to create 102 new posts in the three primary health centres (PHC) of Sholayur, Pudur and Aanakatti, apart from the community health centre in Agali and the Tribal Speciality hospital in Kottathara.

The changing demography in Attapadi block adversely affected the fortunes of tribals here, with settlers pushing the tribals out of their land and traditional livelihood over a period of time.

A P Anil Kumar, Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, chairing a meeting of the elected representatives of Attappadi and government officials at the collectorate conference hall on Monday. The meeting was held to review the drought situation in ...

Health News: The decision was taken during a meeting of health department officials from both states held in Coimbatore on Friday. Tamil Nadu has agreed to provide 4,000 doses of Vitamin A supplements to the malnourished tribals of Attappadi. Kerala ...