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Dead frog found in mid-day meal; MP orders inquiry

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government has ordered an inquiry into the mid-day meal given to students in a school here after teachers found a dead frog in the served food.

“Administrative Officer Mayank Verma has been asked to conduct a probe into the matter, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner,” Arvind Dubey said on Friday.

“Soon after receiving a complaint in this regard, BMC and State School Education Department officials rushed to the school, seized the food and made a Panchnama,” Mr. Dubey said.

However, Nandi Foundation kitchen manager Dayal Nayar said that there was no mistake on their behalf as frog’s body was intact.

“How this could be possible when the temperature of food making basin is 180 degree Celcius,” Mr. Nayar said.

“The frog cannot fall in the food when it is being prepared. May be it has come during transportation and this could be mischief by someone,” he said.

The BMC took action as teachers found a dead frog when students in the Sarojini Naidu Girls School in State capital’s Shivaji Nagar locality were being served “Sweet Upama” on Thursday.

Second incident

This is the second such incident in the city within a year. Earlier a dead rat was found in the mid-day meal served under the scheme in the city.

The mid-day meal was prepared by an NGO, ’Nandi Foundation’ which supplies it for about 58,000 students of the government-run schools of the city since July 2006.

At present, the NGO is supplying mid-day meal in 535 primary and middle schools besides Madarsas here. PTI

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