Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Around 40 MANIT Students Hospitalised After Hostel Dinner
Around 40 students at MANIT reportedly became sick after eating dinner at their hostel.
They had vomiting and diarrhoea and were taken to Sharda Hospital.
Food safety officials visited the hostel mess the next day.
They collected seven food samples to send for testing.
The officials also reported dirty kitchen conditions and poor food storage.
Some required licences and safety records were not available during the inspection.
The article does not give the test results or confirm what caused the students to become ill.
It also describes older complaints at MANIT and a separate food complaint at an SC Girls' College hostel.
Around 40 MANIT students reportedly became ill after dinner at Hostel No. 10 on Friday night and were admitted to Sharda Hospital with suspected food poisoning.
The Food Safety and Drug Administration inspected the CD Block hostel mess on Saturday after a complaint.
Inspectors collected seven food samples, including rice, chickpeas, lentils, peanuts and vermicelli, for testing.
Officials reported unsanitary kitchen conditions, poor food storage and sanitation failures; a food business licence and several staff and safety records were not available on-site.
The report also mentions earlier illness incidents at MANIT and a separate complaint about larvae and unhygienic conditions at an SC Girls' College hostel.
- Who
- Around 40 MANIT students reportedly fell ill; the Food Safety and Drug Administration inspected the hostel mess.
- What
- Students were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning, and officials collected seven food samples and reported safety irregularities.
- When
- The students reportedly became ill after dinner on Friday night; the inspection took place Saturday. The article also refers to incidents on April 13, 2025, and July 17, 2026.
- Where
- Hostel No. 10 (CD Block), Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology campus, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; students were admitted to Sharda Hospital.
- Why
- The inspection followed a complaint about suspected food poisoning among students.
Reported concerns
Unresolved findings
Cause of the students' illness
Reported concerns
Around 40 students reportedly became ill after eating dinner, and inspectors reported poor hygiene and storage conditions at the mess.
Unresolved findings
The articles provide no laboratory results confirming that the sampled food caused the illness.
Earlier inspection concerns
Reported concerns
One article says irregularities had reportedly been identified during previous inspections and that action remained pending.
Unresolved findings
The articles do not detail the earlier inspection findings or explain what action was taken.
- Students reportedly ill
- Around 40
- Reported symptoms
- Vomiting and diarrhoea
- Hospital
- Sharda Hospital
- Inspection
- Food Safety and Drug Administration visit to the Hostel No. 10 (CD Block) mess on Saturday
- Samples collected
- Seven, including urad dal, peanuts, vermicelli, chana dal, chickpeas, rice and arhar dal
- Reported inspection findings
- Unsanitary kitchen conditions, poor food storage and sanitation failures
- Documents unavailable on-site
- Food business licence, staff medical fitness certificates, pest-control records and food-safety training records
- Test results
- Not provided in the articles
