Overview

• Official figures show 12,438 children died in Maharashtra between April 2024 and February 2025, averaging 37 deaths per day.
• Kolhapur district recorded 1,736 child fatalities including 11 newborns during the same period.
• The public health minister has withheld age-specific data and detailed causes of death in the legislative council response.
• Out of 117 approved highway trauma care units, 78 are operational and work on the remaining 39 sites is ongoing.
• The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) has demanded comprehensive mortality breakdowns and a targeted prevention strategy.