HRD Ministry sends senior official to Chhapra

The HRD Ministry has rushed a senior official at Chhapra, where several children have died allegedly as a result of food-poisoning from the free mid-day meal provided by the government, to take stock of the situation.

Secretary Schools R. Bhattacharya informed here this evening that the HRD Ministry has sent Dr. Amarjit Singh at the spot.

Several children have reportedly died and many others have been rushed to hospital after taking mid-day-meal in a school at Chapra in Bihar today.