<p>A tragedy was averted at a government middle school in Haryana’s Palwal district on Monday after students and teachers detected a dead lizard in the midday meal before it was served to the students.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Rice that was ready to be eaten is presumed to have been cooked along with the dead lizard and other insects that were noticed. <br /><br />Parents and the village panchayat have protested seeking registration of an FIR against the supplier and those responsible for the lapse that could have cost lives. <br />Students of the middle school complained that it was not the first incident when such poisonous insects were found in their meal. <br /><br />Previous ones went ignored, they said. However, the officials were quick to take action this time. <br /><br />They reached the spot and took samples of the cooked meal.<br />Charan Singh, sarpanch of village Loha Garh said they have decided to discontinue the existing arrangement until a safe system is put in place. <br /><br />“We demand strong action against those who supply the midday meal,” Singh said <br />The entire village has decided that the midday meal won’t be supplied to our schools anymore,” Singh said. <br /><br />In the light of Bihar midday meal tragedy, students and teachers in the schools of Haryana, especially in the rural areas where monitoring of the scheme often takes a back seat, are apprehensive of the food they get to eat.<br /><br />Probe ordered<br /><br />A probe has been ordered into the incident by the district authorities. <br /><br />The midday meals delivered in all government schools in the district have been sent back to a private trust which is the supplier in the area. <br /><br />Elsewhere in Punjab’s Guruharsahai block, over a dozen schools have declined to accept food supplies for midday meals maintaining that there were of sub-standard quality. <br />Often cooks and students have detected mosquitoes, flies, lizards in meals, they allege. <br />The school committees, panchayats and parents of children have submitted a memorandum to teachers highlighting the anomalies.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A tragedy was averted at a government middle school in Haryana’s Palwal district on Monday after students and teachers detected a dead lizard in the midday meal before it was served to the students.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Rice that was ready to be eaten is presumed to have been cooked along with the dead lizard and other insects that were noticed. <br /><br />Parents and the village panchayat have protested seeking registration of an FIR against the supplier and those responsible for the lapse that could have cost lives. <br />Students of the middle school complained that it was not the first incident when such poisonous insects were found in their meal. <br /><br />Previous ones went ignored, they said. However, the officials were quick to take action this time. <br /><br />They reached the spot and took samples of the cooked meal.<br />Charan Singh, sarpanch of village Loha Garh said they have decided to discontinue the existing arrangement until a safe system is put in place. <br /><br />“We demand strong action against those who supply the midday meal,” Singh said <br />The entire village has decided that the midday meal won’t be supplied to our schools anymore,” Singh said. <br /><br />In the light of Bihar midday meal tragedy, students and teachers in the schools of Haryana, especially in the rural areas where monitoring of the scheme often takes a back seat, are apprehensive of the food they get to eat.<br /><br />Probe ordered<br /><br />A probe has been ordered into the incident by the district authorities. <br /><br />The midday meals delivered in all government schools in the district have been sent back to a private trust which is the supplier in the area. <br /><br />Elsewhere in Punjab’s Guruharsahai block, over a dozen schools have declined to accept food supplies for midday meals maintaining that there were of sub-standard quality. <br />Often cooks and students have detected mosquitoes, flies, lizards in meals, they allege. <br />The school committees, panchayats and parents of children have submitted a memorandum to teachers highlighting the anomalies.<br /><br /></p>