Panaji:
22 primary students from a school in Ponda were rushed to a hospital after they complained of stomach pain and vomiting after eating a mid-day meal today.
An education department official said the students were eating a meal comprising vegetable and lentil curry at the St. Joseph High School in Usgao in Ponda sub-district, 30 kilometres from Panaji.
The students are now out of hospital, but Education Director Swapnil Naik said the source of the contamination is being investigated.
The incident comes barely days after 23 school children in Bihar's Saran district died after eating contaminated food.
On June 27, at least 23 school students similarly fell ill after eating a mid-day meal at Canacona, 70 kilometres south of Panaji.