Archive · 9 Sep 2026
Palghar Ashram School Students Protest Poor Food, Central Kitchen
Hundreds of students from government residential schools protested in Jawhar.
They said the food supplied to their schools was sometimes poor in quality.
The students blamed a system in which meals are cooked in one central kitchen.
They said transporting the food to distant schools can take too long.
Because of the delays, they feared the food could become stale and unsafe.
The students marched in a traditional “Tamasha” style.
They then began sitting outside the Jawhar Tribal Development Project office.
They have 13 demands and said they will continue the sit-in until senior officials give written assurances.
Hundreds of government-run residential ashram school students protested in Jawhar on Tuesday.
Students staged a “Tamasha” protest march before beginning an indefinite sit-in at the Jawhar Tribal Development Project office.
They alleged that the centralized kitchen system results in delayed deliveries and stale food.
Protesters demanded that the centralized kitchen model be scrapped over food safety concerns.
Students submitted a 13-point charter covering alleged administrative neglect and inadequate facilities, and sought written assurances from senior authorities.
- Who
- Hundreds of students from government-run residential ashram schools in the Palghar region.
- What
- Students held a “Tamasha” protest march and began an indefinite sit-in, demanding an end to the centralized kitchen system and action on 13 demands.
- When
- Tuesday; the article does not provide a specific date.
- Where
- The Jawhar Tribal Development Project office in Jawhar, Maharashtra.
- Why
- Students alleged that centralized meal preparation and transportation cause delays, stale food, food-safety risks, and reflect broader administrative neglect and inadequate facilities.
- Protest location
- Jawhar Tribal Development Project office
- Participants
- Hundreds of residential ashram school students
- Main demand
- Abolition of the centralized kitchen system
- Additional demands
- A 13-point charter addressing administrative neglect and inadequate facilities
- Food concern
- Students alleged that delayed transport leads to stale food
- Protest status
- Indefinite sit-in
- Students’ condition for ending protest
- Formal fulfillment of demands and written assurances from senior authorities