One minute silence for those who lost life to AES outbreak in RS

Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister C.P. Thakur on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bihar's Muzaffapur, where at least 118 children have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).

In a letter to Modi, Thakur, who is currently a Rajya Sabha member, highlighted that the every year, the AES toll has been increasing and it would require a biochemical lab along with a multi-speciality facility in Muzzafarpur to tackle the situation.