The cases of sudden hair loss reported in Buldhana district in Maharashtra in December and January where many college students and young girls, faced significant social challenges due to the condition, including disrupted educational pursuits and arranged marriages are not linked to consumption of wheat supplied from ration stores nor does it appear to have been caused by water contamination, state minister Meghna Bordikar informed on Thursday, reported PTI.

This incident of sudden hair loss in Buldana district made national headlines.