State government, on Thursday, admitted that 34 children died in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts with 12 of them were in the relief camps in which four due to cold waves.
This disclosure was made by the senior officials on the report submitted by a high level committee headed by Meerut Divisional Commissioner."Death of 12 infants were reported in the relief camps of which four deaths were due to pneumonia," said UP Principal Secretary ( Home) Anil Kumar Gupta and Additional Director General of Police( law and Order) Mukul Goel.Referring to report of the committee, set up at Supreme Court’s directive, on December 13, the officials said that the remaining 22 deaths were in hospital and other places due to other reasons.Meanwhile UP government will convene a high- powered committee meeting on Thursday to discuss the recommendations of the committee to help the displaced people to move to their villages and providing adequate facilities at the five relief camps."The main task of the government will be to shift the riot victims from the relief camps at the earliest," Gupta said.