TEZU, Mar 24: Taking serious note of the deteriorating standards of the Midday Meals (MDM) provided in various schools of the district, Deputy Commissioner Danish Ashraf today announced to distribute one thousand sets of utensils for the use of school children from the DC’s untied fund in a meeting conducted here today.

 He promised to provide one filter each to all 84 schools covered under the MDM scheme for safe cooking purposes. He informed that PHE department had been already directed to ensure this on priority basis as many schools were using tap water for drinking and cooking. He also assured to distribute caps and aprons for all the cooks in these schools to ensure hygiene standards were maintained while cooking. 

Ashraf shared that during frequent visits to schools in the district, he was appalled to see the condition in which most of them running. “Moreover, many children did not receive plates and tumblers from the school authorities while taking their MDMs. Some of them bring their own plates or have to wait for a longer time”, he added.  

Saying that no compromise should be made with children’s health, he asked the MDM coordinator to conduct regular clean up of kitchen premises. He said that sanitary regulations must be followed without fail. Taking cue of unfortunate incidents that occurred in some states due to food poisoning in some schools, the DC strictly directed the DDSE and MDM coordinator to mitigate possibilities of hazardous environment. 

Adding that caution must be maintained to ensure that only quality products and condiments were utilised while cooking, Ashraf directed him to submit monthly reports addressed to both DC and DDSE. Directions were also issued to DF&CSO S Chakravarthy to ensure timely supply of rice. 

It is pertinent to mention here that Lohit alone has 84 numbers of government and government aided schools with MDM scheme. Altogether there are 6759 numbers of beneficiaries of which 4137 are at primary stage and the remaining 2622 at upper primary. The meeting was also attended by DDSE Mana Linggi and CO (Dev) Une Pertin. DIPRO

 

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Kenter Joya Riba

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