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Noon meal centres to serve boiled water

Safe water: Collector M. S. Shanmugham interacting with children at the primary school in Kattukurichi in Ammapettai panchayat union on Tuesday.

THANJAVUR: The District Collector, M. S. Shanmugham, has ordered that boiled drinking water should be served in noon meal centres during rainy season.

He inspected the preparation of nutritious noon meal at the primary school in Kattukurichi of Ammapettai panchayat union on Tuesday.

He said that anganwadi and noon meal cooks should report for duty at 9 a.m. to their respective workplaces, boil the drinking water and provide only protected boiled water to children for drinking purpose.

Block development officers should check whether boiled water was provided to children.

Stern action would be taken against the noon meal staff if children were infected with water borne diseases due to consuming unprotected drinking water.

The Collector also inspected the desilting of a tank in the village under Anaithu Grama Anna Marumalarchi scheme.

He also checked the stock available at fair price shop in Thittai.

Nirmala, Block Development Officer, Ammapettai, accompanied the Collector during his visit.

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