Around 17 students were taken ill after consuming mid-day meals at the Government Primary School in Jammikunta town of Karimnagar district on Monday.According to sources, several students complained of stomach-ache and vomiting after eating the mid-day meal. They were shifted to the government hospital in the town. Three of them were administered intravenous fluids and the rest of them were kept under observation at the hospital before being discharged late in the afternoon, sources added.Anxious parents of the hospitalised students blamed it on ‘substandard’ vegetables and eggs being used in the mid-day meal.Published - November 10, 2025 08:32 pm IST