Date:30/11/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/30/stories/2004113007690400.htm

Andhra Pradesh

190 students taken ill after mid-day meal

By Our Staff Reporter

KARIMNAGAR, NOV. 29. One hundred and ninety students were taken ill and hospitalised after consuming the mid-day meals served at the Government primary school in Machanapalli village of Jammikunta mandal on Monday.

Students consumed the food in the afternoon and they started vomiting a little later. Someone

noticed a lizard in the food. They were shifted to Jammikunta hospital immediately. Doctors said all the students had been treated and were being discharged in a phased manner. The Collector ordered an inquiry into the incident.