200 students fall ill after mid-day meal

Dibrugarh : At least 200 primary school students were admitted to hospital after a mid-day meal at school in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Monday, official sources said.

According to a report, the students of Barbarua lower primary school near Barbarua tea garden fell ill after taking mid day meal at school around 1 pm.

They were rushed to a local hospital and subsequently shifted to Dibrugarh Assam Medical College Hospital.

Condition of forty of the students was stated to be serious, the sources added.

Meanwhile, the agitated tea garden labourers and parents of the students gheraoed the head master and teachers of the school after the incident.

Later, police and civil officials rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.

The district administration has ordered an inquiry into the incident and sent samples of the meal for testing.