India, Jan. 20 -- The Bombay high court on Monday pulled up the state government for the continuing cases of child and maternal deaths in the tribal belt of Melghat. Stating that "too little is being done", the court noted that despite a series of earlier court directions and multiple committee reports on tackling malnutrition and healthcare gaps, the government had failed to come up with a comprehensive solution.

The division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Abhay Mantri was hearing a bunch of PILs raising concerns about the severe malnourishment in tribal children and the recurring deaths of pregnant women, particularly from the Melghat and Dharni regions in Vidarbha.

In August 2021, a petitioner had informed the court that the la...