Suspend mid-day meal, demands NCP
PTI, PANAJI | 20 July 2013 15:39 IST
The Goa unit of NCP today demanded suspension of mid-day meal scheme in the state, a day after nearly two dozen children were taken ill in a suspected case of food-poisoning at a school at Usgao
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should suspend the scheme within a week, Nationalist Congress party (NCP) spokesperson Trajano D'Mello said.
"If government fails to suspend it, we will seek the Governor's intervention as the constitutional authority to stop the scheme," he said.
As many as 22 students of St Joseph High School at Usgao, 40 km from here, were taken ill yesterday after eating the meal served at the school.
About 80 students at a school in Canacona tehsil had suffered food poisoning a few days ago.
D'Mello said the scheme should not be resumed until hygienic kitchens were made available at schools and the students can be given glucose biscuits in the meantime.
He also claimed that barely half the students actually eat the food served at the school, and parents were increasingly asking the children to stay away from it.
Goa government has begun an inquiry into the Usgao incident.
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I wonder how many Goans MLA`s would be happy to eat these Mid-Day Meals?
Many of the photos seen , reflect the most un-hygienic & degrading conditions these children consume meals in.
The monthly food & drink bill of many MLA`s, at 5 Star hotels runs into Lakhs of Rupees.Most of the money they spend is not earned or "Kosher" either.
- N.Fernandes, London | 22 nd July 2013 19:58
I am interested to know the cost of each mid-day meal being served to the students.
With so many rogues involved, they are interested only in making some money on this scheme and it is very difficult to get hygienic food served to the children keeping in view the climatic conditions of Goa.
Only the parents can give proper food to the children.
Hence, the best thing would be to give money towards the cost of the meal to the parents so that they can give tiffin to their children.
- Francisco, Goa | 21 st July 2013 17:28
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