Rats found in mid-day meal, 9 kids fall sick: Will send food from home, say parents

A DAY after nine students of a government school in Deoli were hospitalised after consuming mid-day meals in which dead rats were allegedly found, parents expressed reservations about the quality of food being served to their children, with several saying they would pack home-cooked food from now. Angry parents said the onus lay with the contractor of the mid-day meal. Some parents also blamed authorities for not taking students to the nearest hospital. Bal Kishan, whose grandsons study in the school, said, "Why were children taken to Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital which is 8 km away, when Batra Hospital is so close by?