The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) on Wednesday expressed anguish when District Health and Family Welfare Officer Rajashekar Mali failed to provide the relevant information regarding adolescent pregnancy cases and the number of malnutrition cases in Kalaburagi district.
Commission chairman K. Naganna Gowda and commission member Shashidhar Kosumbe took Mr. Mali to task for coming to the meeting without preparation.
Displeased by the lack of information, Mr. Gowda and Mr. Kosumbe directed the officers to provide the data of teenage pregnancy and malnutrition cases reported in the district, by evening.
