Calling it a serious violation of human rights , the NHRC has issued notices to Delhi government and Union ministry of women and child development in the death of three girls due to starvation in Mandawali.

The three girls, aged 8, 4 and 2 years, allegedly died on Tuesday as they had not eaten for almost three days.

The commission has issued notices to the chief secretary of Delhi government and secretary of ministry of women and child development asking them to send reports within four weeks. Both the authorities have been asked further to submit the status report of Antodhya Yojana.

The commission has observed that the incident raises a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim children. “Right to Food is an integral part of the fundamental right to life so enshrined in Article-21 of the Indian constitution. Moreover, the national food security act, 2013 has also been enacted to provide food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at an affordable price to all its citizens to live a life with dignity,” said NHRC in a statement.

“It is, therefore, evident that despite legal provisions and machinery in place, the children had to starve to death. The children have been denied their basic human rights. The state authorities, therefore, are lacking in discharging its duty by not fulfilling its obligation without providing food to all,” it added.

