Pune: In a shocking case reported from Pune’s Ambegaon, a live insect was found in a tetra pack of milk. The milk was served to students of the residential tribal English medium Ashram School in Ghodegaon, Pune.
Students protest after insect found in milk
The students of the school who live in the hostel, are served milk everyday. But when a live insect was found in the milk packet there was a hue and cry on campus. The students expressed their anger and frustration at the hostel administration.
A similar kind of incident had happened around one and a half months back when a live insect/larvae had been found in the food served to the students in this very hostel. An organisation called ‘Birsa Brigade’ has questioned these incidents. They said that the administration was playing with the lives of the tribal students.
The project officials, when questioned about the incident, accepted that indeed an insect had been found in the milk. Samples of this tetra pack milk have now been sent to the Tribal Department and Pune Food and Drug Department for testing.
Similar incidents in past
Of late several such incidents of contaminated food items, containing alien items have been reported. Earlier in June, a case had been reported from Bihar’s Banka where a dead snake had been found in the food served at the mess of an engineering college. Following the incident the students had to be taken to hospital. The college authorities swung into action and cancelled the licence of the vendor who was serving the mess food.
In yet another incident reported from Telangana, 90 girls from the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Bheemgal fell ill due to food poisoning. The students were staying in a hostel and they fell ill after having dinner. This incident happened in September 2023.
