Death toll in midday meal tragedy mounts to 22
July 17, 2013  13:59
The death toll in the midday meal incident has gone up to 22. While 16 children, aged below 10 years and studying in Class I to V, had died in Chhapra itself, four others were declared dead on arrival at Patna Medical College Hospital last night. Two died at the hospital this morning. Among the dead were two children of a woman cook of the mid-day meal project Panno Devi.

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