Constraints in access to other basic services: The weakening of public infrastructure and service delivery at the village level has resulted in the deprivation of basic rights and services (health, water, nutrition, sanitation, education, protection) for women and children, especially for the most vulnerable. As RedR India puts it in a recent assessment conducted in Chhattisgarh, “ prolonged civil strife in Dantewada has limited the access to life line services and resources. This puts the survival of children, particularly newborns and infants, at great peril from preventable diseases and malnutrition. There is a definite gap in the access to adequate nutrition, immunization, education and critical services for children, which is compounded by critical information gaps regarding the status of children.
