Students in CM Revanth Reddy’s constituency protest over poor quality of hostel food
The girls sat on the road chanting "We want justice" and complained about finding worms in the rice and curries multiple times. Despite reporting the issue to officials, no action had been taken. They demanded the transfer of the officials responsible.
Kodangal: Students from Kasturba Gandhi Girls School at Nacharam in Kodangal constituency represented by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday hit the streets and staged a protest over poor quality food being served to them in the hostel.
The girls squatted on the road and raised “we want justice” slogans. The students said wriggling worms were detected in the rice and curries many times. Despite complaining to the officials about worms in the food, no action was being taken and demanded that the officials should be transferred. This apart, the food was not being served as per the menu and also complained that books were also not being offered to them, the students said according to reports.
They demanded that the District Collector should visit the school and initiate stern action against the officials. With the students staging a protest, traffic got affected and police intervened and tried to convince the students but they did not relent, the reports said.
Meanwhile, about 20 students of Model School at Veldanda mandal in Nagarkurnool district were hospitalized allegedly after consuming poor quality food served in their hostel. Students complained that half-cooked food was being served to them and worms were found in the rice and curries since the last few days.
After consuming the food during the last two days, a few students had complained about stomach pain and had stopped eating the food all through day. As the students were falling sick, they were admitted in the government hospital by the caretaker, reports said.
