Following the deaths of two women who consumed mango kernel gruel in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi directed that each beneficiary receive an advance of 15 kg of rice for the ...
Meanwhile, the Odisha government has rejected allegations that tribal people have been consuming mango kernel gruel due to a lack of access to rice under the Public Distribution System (PDS).
BJD was bruised by similar charges in 2001 when 24 tribals in Rayagada district died after eating a gruel of mango kernel and a curry of wild mushroom ...