One again the mid-day meal served in Uttar Pradesh is in news for all the wrong reasons as a bucket of water was allegedly mixed with just one litre of milk and served to over 80 children at a government primary school in Chopan area, of Sonbhadra district, on Wednesday.
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media showing a cook of the government’s mid-day meal programme mixing a packet of 1-litre milk with a bucket of water to feed around 81 students at Salai Banwa Primary School in Kota village. The video was reportedly shot by a member of the gram panchayat, according to NDTV.
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The incident came to notice after a district official paid a visit to the school to enquire about the quality of mid-day meal. Acknowledging the incident, Assistant Basic Shiksha Adhikari Gorakhnath Patel said that the authorities had ordered to mix water and milk in ‘balanced quantity’.
The Sonbhadra district magistrate said an FIR (First Information Report) has been filed a contractual teacher for not ensuring adequate supply of milk. “The incident is factually correct. An FIR has been filed against the contractual teacher. Another teacher has been suspended for not informing the administration of milk shortage,” district magistrate S Rajalingam said.
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