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'Starvation persists'

By Our Special Correspondent

KOLKATA, JULY 8. Though the Government has found no evidence of any starvation deaths in the tribal-dominated pocket of Amlashol in West Midnapore district as alleged by some Opposition parties, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, told the Assembly today that a starvation-like situation did persist in certain backward areas.

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