Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Food Commission member inspects meals, records and ration shops
A Food Commission member visited schools and food centres in Vijayawada Rural and NTR district.
He checked how meals were prepared and given to students.
At one school, he found that 600 extra chikkis had been written in the records.
He asked an education official to explain this.
He ate lunch with the children and said the food was good.
He also found that an Anganwadi register listed more children than were enrolled.
At two ration shops, rice was stored in plastic bags instead of gunny bags.
One ration-shop dealer was also running a grocery shop, so officials were told to correct the problem.
B Kantha Rao inspected a government school in Nidamanuru under the Dokka Seethamma Mid-Day Meal Scheme.
He found 600 extra chikkis recorded in the school’s meal records and sought an explanation from the DEO.
Kantha Rao ate lunch with students and expressed satisfaction with the food quality.
At Singh Nagar 7 Anganwadi Centre, the attendance register listed more children than were actually enrolled.
He ordered action over ration-shop irregularities, including grocery sales and rice stored in plastic bags.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh State Food Commission Member B Kantha Rao, accompanied by education and departmental officials.
- What
- He inspected a school mid-day meal programme, an Anganwadi centre and ration shops, identifying record-keeping and storage irregularities.
- When
- Wednesday.
- Where
- Zilla Parishad High School at Nidamanuru in Vijayawada Rural mandal, along with locations in Singh Nagar and NTR district.
- Why
- To review the implementation and quality of the Dokka Seethamma Mid-Day Meal Scheme and inspect related Anganwadi and ration-shop operations.
- Inspector
- B Kantha Rao, Andhra Pradesh State Food Commission Member
- School inspected
- Zilla Parishad High School, Nidamanuru
- Meal programme
- Dokka Seethamma Mid-Day Meal Scheme
- Record discrepancy
- 600 extra chikkis were recorded
- Anganwadi issue
- Singh Nagar 7 centre’s register recorded more children than actual enrolment
- Ration shop issue
- Ration Depot No 0684101 was operating a grocery shop alongside the ration shop
- Storage issue
- Rice was stored in plastic bags instead of gunny bags at two ration shops