warangal within two months two incidents of food poisoning have emerged from kasturba gandhi balika vidyalaya kgbv hostels in erstwhile warangal district on thursday 12 girl students fell ill at kgbv in devaruppula village of jangaon district after they consumed cucumber chutney served to them for dinner the remains of a lizard were found in the food a similar incident was reported on september 5 when 34 girl students fell ill after consuming rice in which a lizard was found in the kgbv at wardhannapet in the jangaon case on thursday the head cook and two kitchen helpers prepared food for dinner they left the premises without serving the food to the students the students served themselves the food in which the lizard was later found taking a serious view of the situation district collector ch shivalingaiah asked district education officer deo and jangaon revenue divisional officer rdo to constitute a committee to carry out a thorough inquiry into the incident the deo k ramu and rdo madhan mohan inspected the premises of kgbv hostel while they interacted with students parents rushed to the hostel and demanded stringent action many parents even decided to take their children back to their villages on inspection the deo and rdo said that the head cook b manjula and helpers b jyothi and l renuka had neglected hostel duties by leaving the food unattended the officials said the trio did not even listen to grievances aired regarding the lizard being found in food meanwhile jangaon government area hospital superintendent dr p sugunakar raj said the 12 students who fell ill were in a stable condition and were discharged from the hospital parents have also been alleging that rice and vegetables being supplied to residential hostels in erstwhile warangal district have been of poor quality they alleged that authorities were looking the other way as suppliers provided substandard stock the guardians also added that insects were often found in the food and contaminated bore well water was being used for drinking and cooking food