Death of two children in Bijapur district of Bastar allegedly due to consuming of flavoured milk under ‘Mukhyamantri Amrut Yojna’ once again rocked the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday.
Following denial of Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu to order a probe into the issue, Congress members staged walkout during the question hour .
The issue was raised by Congress member Chunnilal Sahu, who asked that how many children had died after consuming milk at Ketulnar in Bijapur and what action was taken against the officers responsible for it.
In her reply , Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu informed that death of children in Ketulnar was due to chocking as parts of vomiting which had blocked their lungs and oesophagus. The viscera report is still awaited, she added.
The Congress member then asked if the death of children was not due to consumption of milk then why had the State government provided assistance of `1 lakh to the family members of the deceased children.
The Minister said that it was the commitment of State Government to help people.
The Congress member then further said that children at Barra village had also became sick after consuming milk; to which the Minister informed that immediately after consuming milk, none of the children had shown any kind of sickness and it was only after passing of several hours during the evening hours they became ill.
Congress member Bhupesh Baghel then said that Government has not received viscera report then how could they claim that death of children was due to consuming milkIJ
The Minister then said that the milk packets were tested by three different Government agencies who have stated that the quality of milk was fine.
In the meantime, BJP member Shivratan Sharma asked the Minister to tell how many children could be fed from one packet of milk to which she said that 10 children can be fed from a single packet.
Sharma then said that it means other children should have shown some side effects.
Congress member Satyanarayan Sharma then informed that the company which is involved in packaging of the milk at Kharao plant in the past had supplied Soya milk in few districts. However, after Government received several serious complaints, the project was called off. In these circumstances will the Minister order probeIJ
The Minister denied to order a probe which led the Congress members to stage walkout of the House.