TV9 News : 11 children die after eating midday meal in Bihar ; CM orders probe...! <br />Follow us on : <br />YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/user/tv9kannadanews <br />FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/Tv9Karnatakanews <br />TWITTER : https://twitter.com/tv9kannada <br />PINTEREST : http://pinterest.com/tv9karnataka <br />Eleven children have died and several others have been taken ill after eating infected midday meal at a government school in Saran district. <br /><br />The incident took place in Dharamsati primary school in Masrakh in Saran. <br /><br />According to reports, over 50 children, all in the age group of 8 to 12 years, were taken ill after consuming khichdi, offered to them in midday meal.The children fell ill soon after eating the meal, which consisted of rice, pulse and soyabean, police said. <br /><br />They were rushed to Chhapra sadar hospital where 11 of them were declared dead on arrival. The others are undergoing treatment, police said. <br /><br />Following the incident, chief minister Nitish Kumar has called an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. The chief minister has also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the family of children who died. Of this, Rs 1.5 lakh is from the disaster management fund and Rs 50,000 from CM's relief fund. <br /><br />Angry over the deaths, hundreds of people took to the streets in protest and surrounded the local police station demanding action against school teachers and officials responsible. <br /><br />Meanwhile, forensic team has been rushed to the spot to take sample of the contaminated food and probe the incident. <br /><br />Chhapra falls in the Lok Sabha constituency of RJD president Lalu Prasad.
