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"Our children have died. We did a road gherao, but the administration has filed an FIR against us. Men against whom FIR has been registered have left the village and gone away. They were the only breadwinners," said a relative of a person against whom the FIR has been registered said.The fear of AES forced villagers in Harivanshpur village of Vaishali district to vacate their homes. Most families moved home with their children in tow to other villages after the outbreak of the vector-borne disease."My two sons died due to Acute Encephalitis in the matter of an hour. The elder one was 7 years old while the younger one was two years old. There were no awareness campaigns by the administration regarding the disease," father of a child who died due to AES told .The man also criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said: "The Chief Minister has done nothing to spread awareness regarding the disease. There are no arrangements in the hospital for children suffering from the disease."Another man said, "My seven-year-old daughter died. There was no arrangement from the administration regarding the disease."Another person said, "I have shifted my two children to another village as it is dangerous here. Other families have also shifted their children."The death toll due to AES touched 131 in Muzaffarpur district of the state alone on Tuesday, according to data by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).( With inputs from ANI )

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National :AES outbreak: Bihar govt sets up camp in Harivanshpur village to offer 24x7 medical facilities

After the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) which has claimed 132 lives, the state government deployed a medical team in Vaishali's Harivashpur village where 7 children succumbed to the deadly disease. ...

National :Bihar: FIR against 39 villagers for protesting lack of facilities, AES deaths

The fear of AES forced villagers in Harivanshpur village of Vaishali district to vacate their homes. ...

National :Bihar: FIR against 39 villagers for protesting against lack of facilities and AES deaths

The fear of AES forced villagers in Harivanshpur village of Vaishali district to vacate their homes. ...