ADILABAD : It took a 10-km walk for nearly 60 students of Girijana Ashram school for boys of Yanda village to bring to the notice of the officials about the sub-standard food being served to them by the hostel authorities.About 60 odd students of the residential school marched the 10-km route to Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Utnoor, on Thursday to complain to officials about the lack of quality food in their menu. This they did as all their earlier pleas to officials fell on deaf ears. They staged a protest in front of the ITDA in Utnoor. “The hostel authorities are not providing us quality food and the hostel too is not properly maintained,” they alleged.
They also alleged that they are not served rice that is cooked with ‘sanna biyyam’ (fine rice) as assured by the government. ITDA chairman Lakke Rao assured them that he would look into the issue. Later, deputy director of tribal welfare Pocham led the students back to the school.
“A report will be submitted to the project director and district collector,” he said and added that a letter would be written to the civil supplies officials about the quality of rice. More than 310 students are studying at the ashram school.