33K students get fruit in mid-day meal in Barnala

Sangrur, February 20

After the state government’s decision to purchase kinnow fruit through Punjab Agro to help the kinnow producing farmers and distribute the same among students as part of their mid-day meal menu, kinnow was distributed among 33,000 students of government schools and government-aided schools of Barnala district today.

Every tuesday till March 31

This fruit would be distributed among students on every Tuesday until March 31. There are a total of 182 primary schools and 115 secondary schools in Barnala district, in which this fruit was distributed today. — Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister

Giving this information at Barnala today, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said this nutritious fruit was distributed according to the instructions of the state government. This fruit would be distributed among students on every Tuesday until March 31. There are a total of 182 primary schools and 115 secondary schools in Barnala district, in which this fruit was distributed today, he added.

Hayer said that on the demand of kinnow cultivating farmers, Punjab Government decided to buy the kinnow fruit through Punjab Agro. In the mid-day meal earlier, students were given banana as a fruit. However, CM Bhagwant Mann decided to give a seasonal fruit to students instead of banana, Hayer added.

Barnala DC Punamdeep Kaur said that different delivery points had been assigned for Barnala — Sehna and Mehal Kalan blocks — where Punjab Agro delivers kinnow and the same is distributed in the schools.