In Haladia Upper Primary School under Beruhan panchayat of Marshaghai block, midday meal (MDM) has been stopped for the last two months. As a result, the students coming to school have to go back to home during the lunch break for taking lunch. This has spread resentment among the locals.
According to locals, as many as 58 students are studying from class I to class V in the Haladia school .The school has been running with a single teacher who is on deputation. Though MDM was functioning smoothly in the school, it was stopped as Prachi Patnaik, a Shiksa Sahayak of the school, went on maternal leave. later two teachers were sent to the school on deputation. However, one of them joined. The lone teacher has failed to run the MDM besides doing other prime duties.
Meanwhile, a quintal of MDM rice stocked in the school has started decaying. Though the locals have brought the matter to the notice of the BRCC, CRCC and Block Education Officer of Marshaghai, but it has not yielded any result. When contacted, Block Education Officer of Marshaghai Surama Mohapatra stated an inquiry would be conducted