An inquiry has been ordered over the alleged discovery of a lizard in the sambar served under the breakfast scheme at the Kolinjivadi Municipal Middle School in Dharapuram in Tiruppur district on Friday.

Sources say about 100 students partake in the CM’s Breakfast Scheme. The breakfast is prepared by a contractor at a wedding hall in Kangeyam and brought to the school by van, according to the report by The New Indian Express.

The school administration immediately stopped serving the sambar after the lizard was found. However, four students were taken to the Dharapuram Government Hospital as a precaution. First aid was provided to the students there.

B Vijayasarthy, Inspector of Dharapuram, said, “No students were affected. No complaints have been received. As a precaution, the students were given first aid and returned to school after a short break.”

“An inquiry has been ordered in this matter,” a senior official of the school education department, Tiruppur, said.

Earlier, N Kayalvizhi Selvaraj, Minister of Human Resources Management, met the students and enquired about their well-being.

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