<p>The city government has decided to grant Rs 1 lakh compensation to 10 girl students who fell sick after eating the midday meal in August 2011.</p>.<p>The decision comes a day after 12 students were hospitalised in east Delhi after they complained of stomach ache following their midday meal at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Patparganj on Thursday.</p>.<p>On August 25, 2011, as many as 10 girl students of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Rohini, Sector-20 complained of stomach ache after consuming midday meal supplied by an NGO M/s Royal Education and Social Welfare Society.</p>.<p>The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said that a criminal case under Section 366 of Indian Penal Code should be registered against the meal supplier. </p>.<p>“The commissions also observed that the lives of the small children were put in danger through the supply of poisonous midday meal in a school under the supervision of the state authorities,” said the NHRC.</p>.<p>“The NHRC’s persistence resulted in government granting Rs 10,000 each to the 10 students,” it added.<br />In another case of midday meal poisoning, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to pay Rs 60,000 compensation to three girl students.</p>.<p>On February 2, 2012, a total of 85 children had fallen ill, three of them seriously, after eating the midday meal at a Secondary School in Mathdevai Village, Siwani District, Madhya Pradesh.</p>.<p>The meal was prepared by the Durga Self-Help Group. </p>.<p>The three seriously ill students were referred to the hospital for further treatment by a Primary Health Centre.</p>.<p>The NHRC said that a criminal case under sections 337/34 of Indian Penal Code should be registered against the cook and departmental action must be taken against the teacher.</p>.<p>In both the incidents a dead lizard was found in the midday meal and the issue was brought to the notice of the NHRC by a human rights activist.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The city government has decided to grant Rs 1 lakh compensation to 10 girl students who fell sick after eating the midday meal in August 2011.</p>.<p>The decision comes a day after 12 students were hospitalised in east Delhi after they complained of stomach ache following their midday meal at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Patparganj on Thursday.</p>.<p>On August 25, 2011, as many as 10 girl students of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Rohini, Sector-20 complained of stomach ache after consuming midday meal supplied by an NGO M/s Royal Education and Social Welfare Society.</p>.<p>The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said that a criminal case under Section 366 of Indian Penal Code should be registered against the meal supplier. </p>.<p>“The commissions also observed that the lives of the small children were put in danger through the supply of poisonous midday meal in a school under the supervision of the state authorities,” said the NHRC.</p>.<p>“The NHRC’s persistence resulted in government granting Rs 10,000 each to the 10 students,” it added.<br />In another case of midday meal poisoning, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to pay Rs 60,000 compensation to three girl students.</p>.<p>On February 2, 2012, a total of 85 children had fallen ill, three of them seriously, after eating the midday meal at a Secondary School in Mathdevai Village, Siwani District, Madhya Pradesh.</p>.<p>The meal was prepared by the Durga Self-Help Group. </p>.<p>The three seriously ill students were referred to the hospital for further treatment by a Primary Health Centre.</p>.<p>The NHRC said that a criminal case under sections 337/34 of Indian Penal Code should be registered against the cook and departmental action must be taken against the teacher.</p>.<p>In both the incidents a dead lizard was found in the midday meal and the issue was brought to the notice of the NHRC by a human rights activist.<br /><br /></p>