Overview

• At Morarji Desai Residential School in Hirekodi, Belagavi, about 177 students became sick after breakfast and roughly 81 were hospitalised, with doctors reporting they are recovering.
• In Rajasthan’s Dausa district, dozens of children fell ill after a mid-day meal at a government school, with 49 admitted to the district hospital and all reported out of danger.
• Dausa officials constituted a district-level investigation team that includes education officers, and inspectors collected meal samples for laboratory analysis.
• A separate case was reported in Vijayanagar district’s E. Bevinahalli, where more than 25 children were treated after a school meal, with residents alleging a lizard fell into the food and doctors stating the children are stable.
• Health teams visited the affected Karnataka school, and senior officials in both states met patients and pledged action if negligence is confirmed.