Karwar: Students fall sick, twelve admitted to ICU after eating mid-day meal at Govt School
Parents allege food contained rat droppings
Karwar: More than 22 students of the Government Model School in Mundgod taluk fell ill on Saturday after consuming the midday meal served on the campus. According to reports from the area, the students complained of severe stomach pain and vomiting shortly after eating the meal.
A total of around 400 students had reportedly consumed the food. Twenty-two of them were taken to hospital for treatment. Hospital authorities confirmed that 12 students were admitted to the ICU, while the remaining ten were discharged after receiving medical care.
Parents alleged that the food items supplied under the Akshara Dasoha scheme were of poor quality. They claimed that sacks of rice and other ingredients used in the midday meal often contained garbage, dust, dirt and even rat droppings. Parents also said they found droppings in the food served on Saturday and questioned the staff, but did not receive a clear response.
According to the parents, storage rooms where the food grains are kept resemble unhygienic godowns. They said the head teacher has the authority to reject substandard supplies but the option is not being exercised. Parents further alleged that they had raised these concerns with officials, including the block education officer, yet no corrective action had been taken.
They also said similar conditions prevail in some government and Urdu schools in Ashraya Nagara and Gudnapur Colony in nearby Haliyala town.
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Ahead of good Friday, SWR announces special train between Yesvantpur-Kannur via Mangaluru
Bengaluru: Ahead of the upcoming Good Friday festival weekend, the South Western Railway has announced a one-trip special train service between Yesvantpur Junction and Kannur via Mangaluru Junction.
According to an official released from the SWR, Train Number 06551 Yesvantpur–Kannur Express Special will depart Yesvantpur at 11.50 am on April 2 and is scheduled to arrive Kannur at 3.00 am on April 3.
In the return direction, Train Number 06552 Kannur–Yesvantpur Express Special will leave Kannur at 8.45 am on April 3 and reach Yesvantpur at 9.30 pm the same day.
The special train will halt at Kunigal, Channarayapatna, Hassan, Sakleshpura, Subrahmanya Road, Kabaka Puttur, Bantawala, Mangaluru Junction, Kasaragod, Kanhangad and Payyannur.
The train composition will have two AC two-tier coaches, six AC three-tier coaches, seven sleeper class coaches, four general second class coaches.
