Students in Uttarakhand school refuse mid-day meals after SC cook sacked

Dalit students at a government school in Champawat district refused to eat mid-day meals cooked by an upper caste woman after a cook belonging to the Scheduled Castes was sacked.

Dalit students at a government school in Champawat district refused to eat mid-day meals cooked by an upper caste woman after a cook belonging to the Scheduled Castes was sacked.

The district administration, however, said on Sunday that the issue has been resolved after members from both communities arrived at a consensus.