The scholars allege there was quality-related points with the mess meals.
Patna:
Ten college students of a authorities engineering faculty in Bihar’s Banka district needed to be taken to a hospital final week after a lifeless snake was allegedly discovered of their mess meals. The on-duty physician mentioned the scholars got here Thursday night time with complaints of meals poisoning and all are wholesome now.
The incident sparked outrage on the hostel with the scholars alleging a school workers had even threatened them once they protested the incident.
“We’ve got been going through points with meals (high quality) on the mess. However they crossed the restrict this time. A snake was discovered within the meals. Nobody can tolerate this. Each time we raised this with the school, they tried to bury the problem,” mentioned Sunny Mahto, a third-year scholar.
The mess is run by a personal contractor.
The difficulty with meals high quality pertains to the ladies’ mess too, identified a scholar, Ayushi.
“SDM sir had come for an inspection a very long time again and 90% of the meals was discovered to be expired. The foundations are such that if one has to remain within the hostel, they have to eat the mess meals. If one doesn’t eat mess meals or retains mess fees unpaid, they’re barred from the examination,” she mentioned.
The district administration has began an investigation into the most recent incident.
A food-related criticism was reported on the faculty earlier as effectively. The administration had probed it and issued an instruction to the faculty, Dwell Hindustan quoted District Justice of the Peace Anshul Kumar as saying.
Strict motion might be taken in opposition to these discovered responsible if such an incident has occurred once more, he added.
Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Avinash Kumar and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vinod Kumar visited the faculty Friday night and appealed to the scholars to keep up peace.
