vegetables sometimes even rotten ones at times there is no salt in the pulao complained prarthna j a class vii student of the government school monica s class vi said she liked the pulao but found stones in it sometimes the principal said it is really sad because some children come to school hungry just because its free food it does not have to be bad we teachers eat the food too to show solidarity with the students weve complained to the government a few times but have not received a reply so farakshaya patra defended itself saying rice is provided by the government we have to make do with whatever the government gives us at times the rice can be dry and pasty but a certain amount of unpredictability cant be helped i too eat the same food served to children every day to check the quality said chanchalapati das vicechairman akshaya patra foundationwith inputs by yashna thapetta and sruty susan ullas