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Inquiry ordered after MP hostel students protest with food plates
City Magistrate Bajrang Bahangur Singh ordered an inquiry after students from the Senior Combined Project Boys’ Hostel in Khandwa reached the Collectorate carrying plates of food, the Freepress Journal reports. The students…
The Story in Brief
City Magistrate Bajrang Bahangur Singh ordered an inquiry after students from the Senior Combined Project Boys’ Hostel in Khandwa reached the Collectorate carrying plates of food, the Freepress Journal reports. The students had walked nearly 4 km to submit a memorandum complaining of poor-quality meals, dead insects and caterpillars in food, and misbehaviour by hostel staff. The hostel superintendent has been issued a show-cause notice. Officials said termination of contractual staff is possible if negligence is proved.
The Indian Opinion
Both sides in this story have convenient narratives. The administration points to a quick inquiry, but only after a theatrical protest. Students, meanwhile, are dismissed as troublemakers when they raise genuine hygiene concerns. The show-cause notice and inquiry are standard procedure. The real test will be whether the inquiry report is made public and leads to concrete action, not just another file in the collectorate.
Source: freepressjournal.in
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