Karnataka Opposition members express concern over quality of midday meals as supplier quotes below-market prices

The BJP members connected Wednesday expressed interest successful the Assembly implicit the prime of the midday repast strategy successful authorities and aided schools crossed the State by pointing retired that tenders to proviso toor dal for midday meals had been bagged by a contractor who had quoted below-market prices.

Moving a telephone attraction announcement successful this regard, BJP subordinate B. Suresh Gowda alleged that the midday meals being served astatine the Karnataka Public School successful his constituency of Tumakuru Rural was of inferior quality.

He attributed this to the information that the contractor had bagged the declaration for supplying toor dal to the strategy by quoting ₹63 per kg, acold beneath the prevailing marketplace terms of ₹93.

He wondered if it was imaginable to proviso prime toor dal astatine specified a terms level. “Either the contractor would person to proviso inferior prime toor dal oregon chopped the quantum of supply,” helium argued.

Responding to their concerns, School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa made it wide strict enactment would beryllium taken against the supplier if determination were immoderate prime issues oregon complaints.