Things never improve in India

The Gorakhpur tragedy has shaken India. Many of the children who died were seeking treatment for Japanese Encephalitis. In k&KLOGUHQ RI D OHVVHU 6WDWHy (1-15 October, 2005), Down To Earth had reported from eastern Uttar Pradesh about the area's annual tryst with the disease. We had warned, k7KLV \HDU V HSLGHPLF ZLOO soon be on the wane... And lessons that could have been learnt this year, too, ZRXOG EH ORVW y *RUDNKSXU has proved us right, sadly, once again.