Principal, warden suspended as 50 students fall ill in residential school
Fifty students at a residential school in Karnataka fell ill due to suspected food poisoning caused by undercooked rice. The school principal and warden have been suspended, and the government has ordered stricter quality inspections across state hostels.
Why it matters
This incident raises concerns about food safety and administrative oversight in government-run residential educational institutions.
As many as 50 students at the Morarji Desai Residential School in Dandoti village, Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district, fell ill after consuming their evening meal on Thursday.
The report focuses on the administrative response and factual details of the incident without inflammatory rhetoric.
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