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Alarmed at 60% infant malnutrition deaths reported in some taluks of Koppal and Raichur districts against the national average of 42%, the Karnataka government constituted an expert committee to look into it. The committee headed by Dr BS Nanda Kumar, head, department of community medicine, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, will soon visit these districts. According to latest health department reports, about 168 cases of malnutrition deaths were reported in Koppal district alone over the past three months. Raichur registered 122 deaths. There has been an average of six maternal deaths per month in these districts. Statistics provided by the Karnataka women & child development department quoted in a report on malnutrition by the National Commission on Protection of Child in 2012, corroborate this observation.