Binod Mahto, Ajay
Kumar, Lati Devi, Harendra Mishra, Lal Bhadur Prasad, Ramanand Rai and many
others, they must not be well known names but they are well known somehow. They
were the one who have lost their kids mostly aged 4 to 11years in 2013’s
mid-day meal tragedy. At least 23 kids were died on ill-fated 16 July leaving
behind the faint cries of the wailing mothers.
In return to this
tragic incident the state government slapped the poor on the face. They bought
poor man’s silence with a cheque of 2 lakh each. The question is that is this
really enough? There is a large section of society still juggling to survive with
their empty plates. The people mentioned above are finding it hard to live
without their kids and were not even comfortable with the dole.
Prime Minister in
his speech delivered on 15 August, talked about 11 crore children being
provided afternoon meals everyday in schools under the Mid-day scheme. Is this
how the food has been served? The question is on the implementation of the
scheme.
Apart from this
tragedy, to make matter more worse there were no doctors even hospital to treat
the children. Neglecting this scenario the state government hinted that the
poisoning could be conspiracy. No hospitals, no doctors- Is this could be the
part of any conspiracy? What about the deaths of innocent children. What was
there fault? What was the mistake of the wailing parents who had trusted the
school to provide their kids healthy food and future.
Without taking any
lesson from this tragic incident, still reports of mid-day meal contaminated
with deadly insecticides were being reported. It’s high time to learn a lesson.
Pledge to provide a healthy food on the plates of children. Not to play with their
lives.
