varanasi a peculiar situation cropped up at a government school in ballia district where students locked up all teachers including the headmaster in a room of the school for over halfanhour on friday reports binay singh according to reports the students of composite school at durjanpur village in bairia area took the extreme step in protest against the nonpayment of midday meal mdm allowances of covid19 perioduttar pradesh basic education department had decided to give foodgrains and midday meal allowance to primary school students during the covid19 lockdown period the arrangement was made for nutritional benefits of students who were unable to get midday meals due to lockdown