Collector S Prakash, at review meeting held here, instructed the officers concerned to carry out the
midday meal programme in well-arranged manner, to conduct inspections and to maintain its quality. He also asked them to ensure proper inspection of the menu of the meals being given to the children.
He instructed the sub divisional officer revenue to hold meetings of development block level committees for the review of the midday meal arrangements. Quality of edible oil used in the meal preparation should always be maintained, he added.
District Panchayat CEW Kl Chouhan, SDO revenue Ashwani Devangan, OP Kosaria, deputy collector Ashok
Tiwari, district food officer, in-charge district education officer, district project coordinator Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, BEO and other officers were present at the meeting.
The collector said to ensure that wherever midday meal programme was carried out through school management committee, its responsibility should be handed over to women self-help groups.
Besides, in schools where kitchen materials were less or damaged, amount should be released for purchase of new ones. He also instructed to keep kitchen shed clean and arranged.