NHRC notice to the Delhi Government on reports of mid-day meal poisoning (10.7.2014)
PRESS RELEASE
New Delhi, 10th July, 2014
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 22 students, aged between 7 to 14 years, of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Patparganj area of East Delhi had fallen ill after consuming mid-day meal. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raised a serious issue of violation of human rights. It has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi calling for a detailed report within four weeks. It has also asked the DCP (East), Delhi to submit an action taken report in the matter.
Reportedly, the students had claimed to have found a dead rat in the food. The students were admitted to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in Khicharipur. The food was supplied by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Dalit Uthan Evam Shiksha Samiti. Allegedly, it had been blacklisted earlier but was again given the contract to supply the food.
The media also reported that incidents of mid-day meal poisoning had happened earlier also in some of the Delhi schools on the 26th July, 31st July and the 8th November, 2013 respectively.
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New Delhi, 10th July, 2014
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 22 students, aged between 7 to 14 years, of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Patparganj area of East Delhi had fallen ill after consuming mid-day meal. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raised a serious issue of violation of human rights. It has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi calling for a detailed report within four weeks. It has also asked the DCP (East), Delhi to submit an action taken report in the matter.
Reportedly, the students had claimed to have found a dead rat in the food. The students were admitted to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in Khicharipur. The food was supplied by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Dalit Uthan Evam Shiksha Samiti. Allegedly, it had been blacklisted earlier but was again given the contract to supply the food.
The media also reported that incidents of mid-day meal poisoning had happened earlier also in some of the Delhi schools on the 26th July, 31st July and the 8th November, 2013 respectively.
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