The film-maker meets families where there has been a starvation death and seeks to find out the condition of the other family members.

It was finally reopened October 3, three months later, but not until after starvation deaths.

The starvation deaths started on March 21.

He is also working to prevent starvation deaths in Orissa.

The woman who was charged with murder in the starvation death of her young daughter last year has given birth to twin girls, correction officials said yesterday.

"We began the year expecting at least 100,000 starvation deaths, but now we do not expect any large-scale pockets of malnutrition or starvation," he said.

By the beginning of the hungry months, starvation deaths were already being recorded within miles of the capital.

He was perhaps the first person to bring the issue of starvation death in Kalahandi to the Indian parliament.

Western relief officials fear this will cause starvation deaths within weeks.

A 23-year-old woman was ordered Monday to stand trial in the starvation deaths of her 7-month-old twin daughters.