HC seeks govt. reply on PIL to implement Food Security Act

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi-The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the AAP government on a PIL seeking a direction to it to implement the National Food Security Act to ensure good health to children attending Anganwadi centres and schools here.

A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the Delhi government on the plea by a charitable trust which has alleged that the quality of food being supplied under the Anganwadi and Mid-day Meals schemes here are of low standards.

The court has fixed the matter for further consideration on October 19. According to Matri Sudha, there is a lack of monitoring and coordinated working on the issues of nutritional and food security in Delhi as mandated under the National Food Security Act, 2013.

It has alleged that the Delhi government has “failed to create and maintain scientific storage facilities at state, district and block levels sufficient to accommodate foodgrains required under the Targeted Public Distribution System and other food-based welfare schemes”.