Faculties Shut And No Noon Meals, Muzaffarpur Youngsters Return To Fields

Muzaffarpur:

The combat towards starvation for youngsters learning in authorities faculties in Muzaffarpur has been a day by day problem. Throughout this coronavirus lockdown, the burden has turn into heavier with the noon meals companies in faculties being stopped prior to now few months.

“Noon meals aren’t being supplied, the federal government has not performed something on this but,” mentioned one of many dad and mom whereas talking to ANI.

“The federal government had promised that our youngsters will get noon meals and cash. Thus far now we have not acquired something,” mentioned one other mother or father.

The noon meals have disappeared and as a consequence of paucity of cash to purchase grains some younger youngsters listed here are again to working within the fields serving to their dad and mom to sow paddy crops, whereas a couple of others graze animals.

The noon meal scheme is a college meal programme of the Authorities of India designed to raised the dietary standing of school-age youngsters nationwide.

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