Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 22: Expired food items were recovered from Gaddi Sippi Hostel mess in Udhampur district.
All J&K Gaddi Sabha has alleged that on their request a team from the office of Director Tribal Affairs recently inspected the Gaddi Sippi Hostel during which expired food items like wheat floor, milk and mustard oil were found stored in the store room of Hostel Mess.
“All these food items were to be used for cooking food for the students residing in the Hostel but timely action by the concerned authority saved lives of many students of the Hostel,” the Sabha said in a release issued today.
The release said that prior to action of Director Tribal Affairs, a delegation of All J&K Gaddi Sabha led by its youth president, Kuldeep Kumar had met with Secretary, Tribal Affairs and handed over a memorandum to him in which the Sabha had laid stress on release of scholarship to Gaddi Sippi students and appointment of warden in Gaddi Sippi Hostel, Udhampur.
“At present, the Hostel mess is being run by Principal, Degree College Udhampur and no warden has been appointed so far despite the repeated requests from Gaddi Sabha,” the Sabha added.
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