LPG for cooking mid-day meals becomes huge burden in Karimnagar

Preparing meals using liquid petroleum gas (LPG) has become another burden for mid-day meal workers, who are already facing problems due to delays in the release of bills and salaries.

To avoid students being exposed to health problems caused by smoke from firewood used for cooking food under the mid day meal programme, district officials decided to switch to LPG instead of firewood.

For the first time, the system has been introduced in the State.

Apart



from issuing instructions to mid day meal agencies in this regard, strict directions were also given to suspend headmasters of schools if meals were prepared using firewood.

As part of the new initiative, two LPG cylinders were supplied to each school a month ago. Workers, who had been preparing meals using firewood, were forced to shift to LPG.

Although LPG cylinders were supplied, cooking stoves were not provided. As a result, agencies had to purchase stoves at their own cost.