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'Midday Meals in Schools Only After 100% Attendance': Delhi Govt Responds to Legal Notice

-TheWire.in The Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan sent a legal notice to the Delhi government highlighting that midday meals in schools did not resume even though schools reopened for physical classes on February 14. New Delhi: The Delhi government has said that the doorstep delivery of dry ration kits will continue rather than hot cooked midday meals till 100% attendance is achieved in Delhi government schools after the Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar...

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Kejriwal Govt Not Distributing Food to Vulnerable Families Lacking Ration Cards, Survey Reveals

-TheWire.in Despite clear instructions from the courts to provide foodgrains to migrant workers and economically vulnerable families, none of the 62 distribution centres checked were found to be distributing rations. New Delhi: The Delhi government’s claims to have adopted a scheme to provide rations to poor and marginalised communities – even if they do not possess ration cards – appears to be proving hollow as no distribution of rations is taking place,...

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Rising food insecurity: Tackling hunger during the coronavirus crisis -Geetanjali Krishna

-Business Standard Food insecurity is on the rise as subsidised food distributed via govt-run ration shops is not easily available to everyone Napoleon once famously said that an army marches on its stomach. Many argue that the present countrywide lockdown is causing widespread poverty and consequent hunger, making it that much harder for the nation to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. In this context, the work of Dilli Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA), Right...

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Fact finding report observes serious loopholes in the implementation of NFSA that caused recent hunger deaths of Delhi kids

-Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan and Right to Food Campaign, dated 1st August, 2018 Three minor girls Mansi (8), Shikha (4) and Parul (2) died on July 24, 2018 in Mandawali, East Delhi and the post mortem reports listed starvation as the cause of the deaths. Members of the Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA)- Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri along with Harsh Mander (former special commissioner to the Supreme...

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Civil society groups ask for proper implementation of NFSA in Delhi to end starvation deaths in the future

-Press statement by Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) dated 27th July, 2018   The Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) is shocked and saddened by the news of the deaths of 3 minor girls in Mandawali, East Delhi due to starvation. As per media reports, the post mortem has confirmed that the children aged 2, 4 and 8 died of starvation. While further details about the circumstances are awaited and the...

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