Incidents of food poisoning taking place frequently in government hostels are not only affecting the health of the hostel inmates but also creating anxiety among the parents about the safety and security of their children studying in hostels.
The food poisoning incidents are also causing student deaths in hostels in the Adilabad district.
An SSC student Pendore Pravin, studying at Jatharla Ashram School in Bajarhathnoor mandal , recently died of food poising and five others students who also fell sick underwent medical treatment at RIMS, Adilabad.
It is suspected that polluted water and poor quality food material are being used in preparing the food and poor sanitation in the kitchen adds to the dangers.
It is high time for the hostel staff to be more cautious while using water. Fresh water is coming into open wells and borewells due to heavy rains after a long gap will be polluted and needs to be examined before using it for food preparations.
An Adivasi student of Raghapur village in Sirpur (U) Kova Divya,14, studying at a private residential school in Adilabad also died in suspicious circumstances. The management of the school said that she developed vomiting and died while undergoing treatment.
Both the incidents took place in the last five days after the schools have reopened and the district has started receiving rains.
The saddest part is that Divya, studying class VIII, died just four days after she was admitted in the best available private school after she was selected in a screening test conducted by the ITDA, Utnoor.
Adivasi leaders alleged that deaths of Adivasi students were taking place due to the negligence of the officials concerned and staff of the Tribal Ashram Schools in maintaining the institutions properly and not providing good quality food.
Adivasi JAC leader of Utnoor Kanaka Venkateshwar Rao demanded that the state government announce Rs 25 lakh exgratia to the families of the deceased students and government job and ensuring insurance cover under Girirakshna for inmates of the tribal ashram schools.
The ITDA, Utnoor project officer R.V Karnan suspended the warden of the Jatharla Tribal Ashram School and issued show cause notices to two others staff members holding them responsible for the death of food poisoning incident.
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