57 Students Fall Ill After Having Mid-Day Meal In MP

Children are out of Danger!

On Tuesday morning, as per the Statement given by an official, it said that Fifty-seven students fell ill after having their mid-day meal in a government school in Dindori in Madhya Pradesh.

According to the information, a girl student spotted a lizard in the lentils on her plate, said LS Paraste, a teacher at the Government Middle School in Keolari under Samnapur block in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori.

"As many as 57 students fell ill after having their mid-day meal. They complained of vomiting and abdominal pain, and were rushed to a nearby hospital," he said.

According to the statement given by the Health Department official Vikram Singh said all the children are out of danger and currently under observation of doctors.

Many unknown happenings take place, especially in the government school areas where the safety and health of school-going kids are being neglected. This is not the first time many more such incidents have already taken place before which has created chaos among the parents and the school-going kids.

Midday meals are provided by the government. The Midday Meal Scheme is a school meal program in India designed to better the nutritional standing of school-age children nationwide.

The program supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes in government, government-aided, local body, Education Guarantee Scheme, and alternate innovative education centers, Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and National Child Labor Project schools run by the ministry of labor.