more-inAbout 80 students were taken ill after they consumed khichdi in the Backward Classes welfare hostel here on Monday. According to hostel warden hostel warden Chamundeswari, in all there are 160 students in the hostel from the high school and Intermediate sections. On Monday morning, the students had khichdi and they started vomiting and some of them became unconscious. All the affected students were rushed to the area hospital, she said. Welfare, Satyanaryana and others rushed to the hospital and made arrangements to shift the 14 students to Kakinada.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2017 19:38 UTC