Shillong, March 19: In the meeting with the official of the District Administration Mandya as on 19/03/2025 in the Review Meeting chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of Mandya District along with various stakeholders like Education Department, Child Welfare Committee that is the President and the Nodal Officers and the members, Juvenile Justice President.
The District Backwards Officer, Social Welfare Officers and Hostel Nodal Officers, Zila Panchayat Executive Officers or Chief Executive Officers along with the SP of Mandya District and other district officials.
It may be noted that the decision being taken up the District Administration of Mandya was to rehabilitate the 22 students from Meghalaya to the Rehabilitation Center or Bala Mandir Center under the guidance of the Child Protection Officer once they are discharged from the hospital.
Also these officers will also monitor the diet plan that would be given by the doctor. Another outcome of the meeting is that since this month is the final examinations of these students in their respective classes and to give them the opportunity to sit for the exam would be the priority of the district administration to oversee that they are able to give their examinations at the Bala Mandir Center itself.
After the review meeting at DC Office, we were being informed that the Chairman of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights wants to have a brief interaction with the team from Meghalaya followed by the joint site inspection to the school where the untoward incident occurred.
After the site inspection was completed the Chairman of the KSC for protection of child right visited the hospital where these students are being treated along with the DC of Mandya District and other officials. It was seen that the health condition of our students is improving except only one student is still in ICU under stable condition.
In the meeting on the 18/03/2025, the official from Meghalaya met the District Administration that is the ADC in which we seek their assistance in terms of providing us the progress on the case and the measures and steps taken to ensure effective enquiry is conducted so they have agreed to give us the report submitted to their government as well as the report on the arrest being made along with the FIR, the students list being affected, the food samples tested and any other additional information.
Thereafter the ADC appointed the Deputy Director of School Education as a Nodal Officers to assist us in this enquiry. Then we were led by the DDSE to visit the students admitted at the hospital for interaction and getting some lights on how they got themselves enrolled in this school and hostel which was followed by the Visit of Commissioner and Secretary of Home, Government of Meghalaya.
Followed by the meeting of the Commissioner and Secretary of Home, GOM with the DC of Mandhya District and the SP along with other officials.They have interacted with the Doctor treating the remaining students and have ask him to send us a report on the condition of the remaining students.
