NEW DELHI: Two days after two girls from an East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) school were hospitalised after eating their mid-day meals, a video on Monday surfaced online, showing cobwebs on the roof and a lizard near unpacked food at a mid-day meal centre here.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, along with some officers, had been out on an early morning surprise inspection of two mid-day meal base kitchens when this incident occurred.
Sisodia warned the suppliers and workers of the kitchen, saying, "This is how accidents happen... No lizard or cobwebs should be seen around food."
After finding irregularities in safety precautions taken to prepare the meals, the Deputy CM on Monday said he would now be doing regular inspections of kitchens in Delhi and will take "strict action" against any carelessness.
"After the incident where two girls had to be hospitalised after eating mid-day meals in their school, I have decided to conduct regular inspections of kitchens from now on," Sisodia said.
Warning the kitchen workers of strict action, Sisodia said, "All irregularities like not wearing gloves and not covering shoes should be taken care of."
On Saturday, two girls were admitted to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital after eating the mid-day meal served in their school.
After receiving a complaint about a lizard found near the meal, Sisodia visited the school school and terminated the contract of the supplier.