Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday shared midday meal with students of government middle school in Marra village (Paatan block) of Durg district.
While having meal with children, sitting on the floor, Chief Minister interacted with them affectionately and asked them about their studies, a government communiqué said.
Chief Minister asked the children whether the same quality of food is served to them every day, to which the students responded positively, saying that they get rice, lentils, vegetables and pickle every day in midday meal. They are also served 'kheer' occasionally.
There is a different menu for midday meal for each day of the week. As it was Tuesday, Chief Minister and students were served rice, arhar dal, aaloo parvar, aaloo chana and kheer.
Yugal Kishore, Pooja, Suruchi Kosle and other children introduced themselves to Chief Minister and said that they felt great to have lunch with him.
School Education Minister Dr Premsai Singh Tekam, MLA Ashish Chhabra, Principal Secretary School Education Department Gaurav Dwivedi also had midday meal with students on the occasion. This school in Marra has 170 students.
On the occasion, Chief Minister planted neem sapling in the school campus. Other special guests of the occasion also planted saplings of amla, karanj, jamun, mango and amaltas. Children have made a small nursery on school campus, where they grow vegetables and fruits. Commissioner Durg Division Dilip Vasnikar, Headmaster of the Government Middle School, Marra Ganguram Sahu were also present.