LUCKNOW, Feb. 14 -- About 50 students at a government primary school in Mahoba district were allegedly served milk diluted in a bucket of water in violation of the prescribed mid-day meal (MDM) scheme norms that require each child to be given 200 ml of locally available loose milk or packaged milk along with the freshly cooked meal.

A video purportedly showing the mixing of two half-litre milk packets in a large bucket of water in the presence of the teacher in-charge was recorded on a mobile phone and later went viral on social media on Friday. The video clip shows a cook adding water to the milk while the teacher is heard asking students to drink a glass of the diluted milk.

Mahoba Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Rahul Mishra said the te...