Hyderabad, January 28: Thirteen students of a government school fell sick after having mid-day meal at the school at Brahmanapalli village in the mandal on Thursday. The students were rushed to government hospital in Godavarikhani by 108 ambulance. All of them are said to be out of danger.
According to sources, the students began to vomit soon after finishing their lunch at the school. Some of the students refused to eat food complaining that it was smelly. The exact reason for the food poisoning is not clear. While the mid-day meal organiser says the excess content of bleaching powder in well water which was used for cooking might have caused the illness, parents said the bleaching powder was mixed three days back and it had nothing to do with the incident.
They allege the organiser, a woman, cooks food at her home and some toxic insects might have fallen in the curry.
–Agencies