Chandigarh, July 2 -- Sewage water has entered the staff canteen at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, where tea, snacks and meals for employees is prepared.

The canteen in question is located near the research block A and B, and run by the Employees Welfare Canteen Management Committee of PGIMER. Besides catering to a daily footfall of 1,000 employees, the canteen also supplies snacks and tea in trolleys to various buildings, OT, wards and offices of the institute.

A visit by this reporter revealed that sewage water is entering through the kitchen area and flowing into the dining area. With the passage between the kitchen and canteen completely filled with the wastewater, around 50 permanent and outsourced worke...