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| Cholera-hit Indians 'face hunger' |
| Villagers are facing starvation in a tribal area of eastern India where an outbreak of cholera has killed scores of people in recent weeks.
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| INDIA
, 7-September-2007
3:28:3 AM |
| The BBC visited affected districts in Orissa state and found people with no food, surviving on leaves. They said they had seen no rice since last year.
Doctors blame contaminated food and water for the cholera epidemic, which officials say has killed 175 people.
Aid workers say years of neglect have helped fuel the spread of the disease.
They say the death toll in the three worst hit districts of Rayagada, Koraput and Kalahandi is at least 250.
No food
When the BBC visited Kalahandi, we were offered leaves to eat.
In a number of affected areas, we found people with no food. For the past nine months, people in this part of the country have had no rice.
"We do not have anything to eat, this is what we are eating, this is the bark of the bamboo tree. We boil and eat it. We have not seen rice for a long time," one villager said.
An official in Kalahandi district, Ignasius Ikkam told the BBC that starvation had played a significant role in many recent deaths from diseases such as cholera and malaria across Orissa.
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