Date:03/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/03/stories/2009010360140800.htm

Karnataka

140 students taken ill

Staff Correspondent

TUMKUR: About 140 schoolchildren, including 48 girls, of the Government High School at Ujjini in Kunigal taluk of Tumkur district fell ill after having midday meal provided to them at the school under the Akshara Dasoha scheme on Friday afternoon. Top police officers rushed to the school and took nearly 50 affected children to Maddur and Mandya hospitals. Remaining children have been brought to Kunigal hospital.

Parents of the students staged a protest over the Government’s negligence in implementing the midday meal scheme.