117 girls fall sick after having dinner in KGBV hostel
The Hindu
A comprehensive inquiry will be conducted, says ITDA Project Officer
As many as 117 girl students of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) at Paderu were hospitalised after they fell sick reportedly due food poisoning late on Monday night. The students alleged that the rice and sambar provided to them as dinner in the hostel was stale. The condition of the girls is said to be stable.
There are about 284 students studying in the KGBV of which 53 were absent. Of the 231 students in the hostel, around 120 had their dinner in the first round on Monday night.
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