Activists, moms and dads flag worry over low quality noontime dish in Telangana

&#x 2666; Schools not seen adhering to the mid-day dish graph

&#x 2666; Social protestors, educators and also moms and dads need for a correct high quality check prior to the dish is offered

Hyderabad: With the current gastrointestinal disorder cases that were reported in Telangana Minorities Residential Schools in couple of areas, social protestors, educators and also moms and dads increased their worry and also required for a correct high quality check prior to the mid-day dish is offered to the youngsters in government colleges.

According to government teachers and also moms and dads, the food been offered to the government college trainees is of poor quality and also really unclean. The rice which is offered is additionally not prepared appropriately. Most of the colleges do not have correct supply of risk-free alcohol consumption water and also some do not supply soaps for youngsters to clean their hands. Proper sanitisation is not kept in the college facilities, primarily the kitchen area.

Asif Hussain Sohail, president of Telangana Parents Association for Child Rights and also Safety stated, “Almost all the government schools are serving food in an unhygienic manner. The place where the food containers are been kept is not cleaned and containers are not been sealed properly. We have received many complaints from children regarding mid-day meals served to them. No proper quality food check is done and there is no separate committee for checking the taste and quality of the food. Many representations have been given to concerned officials but all fell in deaf ears. As the meals provided is unhygienic, there are a lot of food poisoning cases been reported in residential schools. At least now the State government should monitor on how the food is been prepared and served to the children.”

M Ravinder, basic assistant, Telangana Progressive Teachers Federation (TPTF) stated, “As the quality of rice being severed is pathetic and rice worms, stones are found in it, recently many food poisoning cases were reported in few districts. It is the irresponsibility of the suppliers supplying uncleaned raw material, due to which children are seen suffering and starving. Also, in many schools food is been prepared in a centralised kitchen of an NGO which is been supplied in an unhygienic manner. The State government should set up a committee for checking the quality of food and should frequently visit government schools and check whether children are receiving quality food or not. The government should also have a regular check on whether the agencies are been sanctioned sufficient funds.”

“As per the mid-day meal chart, rice egg and dal should be served on Monday and Thursday, vegetable curry should be served on Tuesday and Friday and on Wednesday and Saturday dal and leafy vegetables should be served. But the government schools are not seen following the chart. Same menu is been served everyday which is of very bad quality. The rice which is been served to the students is very mushy and yellowish in colour. We have many times complained to the concerned officials to check the quality of the meal they are supplying,” stated an instructor of Government High School.