Thursday, July 22, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Dalit cooks: Upper caste people lock school kitchen

 

http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-675.html

Dalit cooks: Upper caste people lock school kitchen

Kanpur, Jul 15 : The appointment of Dalit cooks at a school for
preparing food under the Mid day meal scheme has led to in upper caste
people locking up the kitchen at Mekharpur primary school in Ramabai
Nagar of Uttar Pradesh.

Residents of Jarpur village in Akbarpur locality had locked the
kitchen after newly-appointed cook Chandravati prepared 'kheer' on the
first day at work yesterday.

The primary school, having 94 registered children, had recently
appointed Chandravati and Babli Yadav, another Dalit, as cooks.

Basic Education officer Sanjay Shukla said legal action would be
Initiated against the villagers if they failed to remove the locks
from the kitchen.

Earlier, an agitation was witnessed in Kannauj district, where some
villagers had protested outside a primary school over the removal of a
Dalit cook.

Senior district officers were investigating the matter.

--UNI

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