NGO supplying sub-standard meals to students: NSUI
The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has alleged that a non governmental organisation (NGO) Pahal was supplying sub-standard meals to students under mid-day meal programme in the Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) schools. In this regard, a delegation of NSUI members led by their state president Sanjeev Shukla submitted a memorandum to municipal Commissioner Rajesh Sukumar Toppo with their ten-point demands on Monday.
The delegation warned that the NSUI would launch agitation in phased manner if Toppo would not take action against the NGO for supplying sub-standard meals.
“Neither the quality of the meals is according to the norms nor is the NGO giving essential food stuffs mandatory in the menu to the children,” said Shukla.
Among the ten-point demands of the NSUI, the prominent ones are– arrangement of meals should be done by the school principal, proper sitting arrangement for students when they take meals, establish complaint and suggestion centre in schools, meals should be prepared considering norms and must be nutritious, the attendance of the students should be sent to district education officer (DEO) on daily basis, etc.
On the occasion, Shukla was accompanied by NSUI Raipur district general secretary Pradeep Sahu, Ravi Sen, Ajay Pal, Tarun Soni, Mahesh Yadav, Sandeep Thakur, etc.
After the success of its recent awareness rally against the BJP government, the Congress once again got opportunity on Monday to display its united strength when Korba Parliamentarian Dr Charandas Mahant arrived in the state capital after assuming his office as Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing recently. A day before, the party had done adequate preparations from Mana airport to Congress Bhawan and flooded the roadsides and medians of Mahant’s rally route with posters, banners and large-sized flexes. The party workers celebrated Mahant’s arrival by bursting crackers during his rally in the city.
Mahant was first welcomed at Mana Airport by PCC president Nandkumar Patel, leader of Congress legislators’ party (CLP) Ravindra Choubey, former PCC president Dhanendra Sahu and Satyanarayan Sharma. At airport premises, the Sewa Dal’s chief organiser Ashok Raj Ahuja, Sayed Israel, Shyam Bavne, BR Narle, Bhola Kashyap, Ramesh Anand, Rambali Singh and other members gave salute to Mahant.
The rally reached Congress Bhawan via VIP Road, Telebandha, Shankar Nagar, Gandhi Udyan, Saksharta Chowk, Nagar Ghadi Chowk, Shastri Chowk, Jaistambh Chowk, Malviya Road and City Kotwali.
Meanwhile, Mahant was greeted by the partymen at different places during his rally. At Mana airport, the president of Youth INTUC Aijaz Dhebar and his fellow workers welcomed Mahant.
Thereafter, the minister was greeted by Pankaj Sharma near canal close to airport, by Vikas Upadhyay near Police Training School (PTS), by Yogesh Sharma near village Temri, by president of wholesale vegetable market association Dinanath Sahu at Fundhar Chowk and by Alok Chandrakar at VIP turning.
At VIP road, former RMC mayor Tarun Chaterjee and his supporters welcomed Mahant by bursting crackers.
When Mahant’s rally proceeded and entered the city, he was greeted by Amit Pandey near Telebandha police station, by Saurabh Mishra at Telebandha Chowk, by Deepak Mishra and Indrish Gandhi at Anand Nagar chowk, by Harmeet Singh Hora at Shankar Nagar chowk, by Rajesh Thakur near Gandhi Udyan, by Udho Verma near Forest office and by Sunil Maheshwari at Saksharta Chowk.
The partymen also presented plough to Mahant near Gurudwara opposite to Telebandha Talab.
At Nagar Gadhi Chowk, the Union minister was welcomed by party’s Gudhiyari block committee president Ghanshyam Raju Tiwari and large number of party workers. On the occasion, Mahant also garlanded statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. Tiwari was accompanied by his spouse and RMC corporator Neetu Ghanshyam Tiwari, MLA Kuldeep Juneja, Sanjay Pathak, RMC corporators Babul Yadav, Anis Ahmed, Jasbeer Singh Dhillon, Anwar Hussein, Lakhwant Singh Gill and Madho Sahu along with Amit Pandey, Sandhya Thakur, Sanju Rajput and Sanjay Soni, etc.
When Mahant’s rally moved ahead, he was greeted by Harish Dhotre at Baanstal, by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak at Jaistambh Chowk, by Sharik Rais Khan and Manish Dayal near Head Post Office, by Shameem Akhtar near fruit market, by Dilip Chouhan at Kotwali Chowk and by PMC working president Kalpana Patel and Ayesha Siddiqui at Congress Bhawan.
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