Faeces in govt. school water tank: HC asks State to file status report on probe

The PIL petition said the incident raised serious concerns regarding the safety, health and the well-being of children studying in government schools.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday directed the State to file a status report on the progress in investigation into the finding of faeces in the drinking water tank at a government school at Manoor near Palani in Dindigul district earlier this month.

The direction was issued by a Division Bench of Justices P. Velmurugan and R. Poornima, which was hearing a public interest litigation petition filed by T. Balakrishnan of Madurai seeing a direction for constitution of an independent team to conduct the probe.

The petitioner said he had come across news reports about faeces being found in the drinking water tank at Manoor Panchayat Union Primary School, located under Keeranur police station limits. The incident had come to light when the school reopened on October 5 after the quarterly examination break.