Excelsior Correspondent
Anantnag, July 31: Panic gripped villages of Nowgam, Kothiyar and Shangas in district Kulgam after some pulses supplied to Anganwadi centers by the Social Welfare Department spread allergy to the persons who touched it.
Javaid Ahmad Lone of Kotheir said on Tuesday they received some 35 kilograms of (Desi Channa) pulses from other center of Bonamohallah, which was supplied by the department for children at their Anganwadi center.
Lone said that some red rashes appeared on the back skin of the man who carried it to the centre.
“When my other family members touched the same pulses their skin also turned red and some type of allergy appeared on their skin. Whosoever touched the pulses, allergy appeared on their skin,” Lone said.
“We informed the village head first and then complained before concerned department. But there was no response from the department. We called police and concerned Tehsildar.”
Lone said Block Medical Officer also visited the area and collected the samples for testing. “Injections were supplied to the persons affected by this supply,” Lone said.
Fearing a Bihar like tragedy, where 23 children died after consuming pesticide-laced meals, police reached to the spot and seized the adulterated pulses and sealed the Anganwadi center, Lone said.
Eyewitnesses said that the Social Welfare Department officials later visited the spot and showed their displeasure for blowing the issue without their consent.
“The supervisors came here and told us that why have you called other departments, it was our concern and we would have solved it at our own,” they said.
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