Gujarat: Four children among five drown in lake
Patan (Gujarat), Feb 9 (PTI): Four children and a woman drowned in a lake in Patan district of Gujarat on Sunday evening, police said.
The incident occurred on the outskirts of Vadavali village in Chanasma taluka, a Patan police control room official said.
The deceased prima facie were goatherds.
"One of the five persons slipped and fell into the lake while goats were grazing near the lake. Others jumped into the water but all of them drowned," the police official said.
Villagers rushed to the spot and pulled the five, including four children, out of the lake and rushed them to Chanasma community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, the official said.
Chanasma talathi Jayanti Parmar confirmed the incident.
According to police, the 108 ambulance received an emergency call at around 8 pm.
The deceased were identified as Simran Sipahi (13), Mehra Malek (9), Abdul Malek (10), Sohail Qureshi (16) and Firoza Malek (32), the official said.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
