Mid-day meal tragedy: Can't get children back but will help their village: Nitish Kumar

Patna:

As the Bihar police arrested Meena Devi, absconding principal of Dharmasati Gandaman Primary School in Chhapra, in connection with the mid-day meal tragedy, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday held a press conference. 23 children had died after eating mid-day meal in the school.

Here are the highlights of Nitish’s press Conference:

• Principal is arrested, police will investigate the matter from all angles. It doesn't seem to be a normal case of carelessness
• More people will have to be employed including cooks. Security measures will have to be spruced up
• Cops will find why the children were served mad food even after they protested
• The police is questioning the principal of the Chhapra school. We will probe every aspect of the incident.
• Who can be enemies with children? Can’t understand this
• I was in touch with officials after the mid-day meal tragedy
• I do not want to stoop low and politicise the incident
• I was unwell that is why I could not go to the hospital
• Need Centre's help on mid-day meal scheme
• We will open a high school in Saran village
• People of Saran village are very poor and we will introduce developmental schemes for the villagers
• We can't get the children back. But we will do whatever possible for the development of the village.
• We will open a high school and a medical facility in Saran village (where midday meal incident happened)
• Principal of Chhapra school, Mina Kumari, in police custody
• Midday meal tragedy was not a mere mistake. It is a matter of investigation
• I accept there needs to be an improvement in providing health services
• We have made improvements but it is work in progress
• Health services have scope of improvement and will certainly be made better

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