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22 students fall ill in Narayankhed after leftover food served as mid-day meal
['Telangana Today']
Telangana Today
22 students fall ill in Narayankhed after leftover food served as mid-day mealAs many as 22 students of a mandal parishad primary school in Narayankhed were hospitalised after allegedly being served reheated leftover food from a private function as part of the mid-day meal.
According to students and their parents, mid-day meal workers at the school collected sambar and curry that were leftover from a private function held on Wednesday.
Out of the 42 students attending the school, 22 fell ill immediately after consuming the meal.
Meanwhile, a mid-day meal worker S Nagamani, who was allegedly responsible for serving the leftover food to students, was removed from services hours after the students were hospitalised.
In a statement on Thursday, District Educational Officer Venkateshwarlu also served show cause notices on headmaster Kashinath for lack of supervision over the mid-day meal preparation in the school.