Odisha tribal boy writes to PM as encephalitis kills 73
A 10-year-old boy has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing for help after Japanese Encephalitis claimed the lives of 73 children in Odisha's tribal-dominated Malkangiri district. "Many of my friends have died of Japanese fever. You are roaming around the globe. Can't you come over to our village and see how children are dying?" Umesh Madhi said.