Students starve in Bolangir schools sans mid-day meal

Bolangir: Students of several schools in Bolangir were left to starve after mid-day meal was not served today afternoon.

Most of the schools which didn't get the mid-day meal are under Bolangir municipality and Puintala block. Earlier, it was decided that food will be distributed to different schools from Bileisurda central kitchen which was inaugurated yesterday by Bolangir MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo.

"Most of us are not feeling well as we have not eaten anything today during lunch hours," a student Soumya Patnaik said.

According to sources, Krishna Krupa Trust has been given the charge of handling the Bileisurda kitchen and to ensure that food reaches all the schools on time.