Students of Uttarakhand school eat mid-day meal together after caste row

The school reopened on Monday after a two-day closure

For the first time since a in Champawat district of Uttarakhand, all 66 students of classes 6-8 of the school took mid-day meal prepared by a cook on Monday.

The district administration had held a meeting with the parents of all children on Sunday to build a consensus among them so that the row could be settled.

For the first time since the row began, all the 66 students of the school studying in classes six to eight had mid-day meal together, Champawat District Magistrate Vineet Tomar said.