Students at Govt School in MP served Republic Day’s mid-day meals on torn notebook pages
New Delhi: Students of a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar district were allegedly served their special Republic Day midday meal on torn notebook pages and scraps of paper, triggering public outrage and prompting the district administration to initiate disciplinary action against senior school officials.
According to a report by Indian Express, the incident occurred at the Government High School in Bhatigwan village. A video that surfaced on social media shows students sitting on the floor and being served puri and halwa on ink-stained pages torn from old books.
Maihar District Collector Rani Batad said the administration had taken cognisance of the matter. “Action has been initiated against the concerned officials, and a proposal has been sent to suspend the principal of the school,” she was quoted as saying.
Rajesh Singh, Public Relations Officer for Satna and Maihar, said disciplinary steps were taken after a detailed inquiry. He said the investigation report, submitted by District Project Coordinator Vishnu Tripathi, led to a proposal being forwarded to the Rewa divisional commissioner seeking suspension of the in-charge principal of Government High School, Bhatigwan, Sunil Kumar Tripathi.
Singh added that the salary of a contract employee, Block Resource Coordinator Pradeep Singh, had been deducted for one month as part of the action taken.
District Project Coordinator Vishnu Tripathi said the arrangements made for the Republic Day celebrations at the school violated basic norms and that responsibility lay with the school administration. “The preliminary inquiry clearly establishes that the principal was responsible for ensuring proper arrangements for the midday meal. Such negligence on a national occasion like Republic Day is unacceptable,” he said, adding that a report recommending strict action had been submitted to the district administration.
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Efforts of party cadres will be rewarded on May 4: DMK chief Stalin
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said that the efforts made by his party cadres during the Assembly elections would be rewarded on May 4.
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections held on April 23 will be taken up on May 4.
"We are set to reap the rewards of the hard work put in by our party cadres on the coming fourth (May 4 counting day). There is absolutely no change in this and not even the slightest deviation," Stalin said at a May Day event here.
"There is no need for anyone to assume that I am speaking merely on the basis of exit polls," he added.
Stalin, who is also DMK chief, said that "good news" would come for those eagerly waiting for the election results.
Stating that the DMK governance is based on philosophy and principles, Stalin said, "This will continue."
He recalled the pivotal role of the then Chief Minister C N Annadurai, who first declared May Day as a government holiday, and subsequently, late CM M Karunanidhi, who was instrumental in extending it as a paid holiday across the nation.
"Responding to the request of Kalaingnar (Karunanidhi), the then Prime Minister V P Singh accepted the plea and declared it (May 1) a paid government holiday not merely for Tamil Nadu, but for the entire nation," Stalin said.
