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Provision of Quality Food Stressed

Provision of quality food is stressed in Lahore. Students report that food from hostels, hotels, and canteens is often substandard and has led to health issues. Owners are not following basic health and safety measures. There is no proper regulation or inspection of these food sources. Students demand that authorities ensure food quality and safety, as they have no other option than to eat from these establishments. Public health experts warn that without regulation of food outlets, preventable diseases could spread more widely.

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Provision of Quality Food Stressed

Provision of quality food is stressed in Lahore. Students report that food from hostels, hotels, and canteens is often substandard and has led to health issues. Owners are not following basic health and safety measures. There is no proper regulation or inspection of these food sources. Students demand that authorities ensure food quality and safety, as they have no other option than to eat from these establishments. Public health experts warn that without regulation of food outlets, preventable diseases could spread more widely.

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Provision of quality food stressed:

LAHORE: Number of students residing in various areas of Lahore has


stressed government to ensure quality foods at hostels and hotels. While talking to
a reporter Ahmad Hussein, a student from Government University Lahore said that,
The quality of foods providing at canteens, hostels and hotels are substandard.
Owners of these food house kept aside the basic measurement of health safety.
There is no check and balance and they are doing whatever they wanted. It is also
learned that various diseases are also spreading due to violation of health safety
measurements. The availability of safe and wholesome food for consumption for
students has become quite tough, a reporter earned.
Lahore is a hotspot for the students who come from other cities to study.
There are number of government and private hostels operating in the metropolitan
city. Among the government hostels prominent among them are Punjab university
hostels, Allama Iqbal medical college hostels, king Edward medical college hostels
and Fatima Jinnah medical college hostels Lahore. Besides that a handsome amount
od students also living in central flats, Iqbal town and thokar niaz baig. Many private
hostels are also operating in Muslim town.
According to the survey by a reporter quality of foods at government hostels is
somehow satisfactory while in private hostels the condition is miserable. While
talking to a reporter saad, 19 ,grudge at the hostel administration, They are
charging 6000 from us monthly and didnt providing a good food for us. Many of our
friends fell ill after eating these foods. Doctors has prohibit us from eating these
food. What will we do, we are giving fee monthly and supposed to be eat from
here. He demanded that food authority should take appropriate steps to ensure the
quality of foods at different hostels in the city. This is not only hostel. Hundreds of
hostels are operating in same manner. When talked to the owner of the hostel Mr
rehan he said that, we are giving food at low prices as compared to hotels. For
example if one eats one time food from hostels, it will charge at least 90 rupees for
one time. We are charging 6000 per month and giving three times food for thirty
days in a moth. If some students has health issues he should treat him by
consulting a good and experience doctor. He further said that We advise our
employs to ensure clean food to our students. When visited Punjab university
hostels, situation also found appalling. There was no safety measurement observed
at 15 number canteen and 4 number hostel. Talking to a reporter Ali, a student of BS
geology said that last month I fell ill due to drinking of milk from here. The soured
of milk is dubious. There is no one here to check the quality of foods. Government
should check these places on regular bases. Many of our fellows remain ill due to
eating these foods because we have no other option. He request City district
government and Punjab food authority to check these places on daily bases.
Similarly large number of students living in center flats Lahore. There are many food
carts and hotels there and people use to be eat from there. Hotels are build up
without any proper steps of safety measurement. Shah Nawaz along with his friend
was eating biryani at Muqaddas hotel told we used to eat food from here daily. The
food here is so much spicy and harmful for health.i told them many times to reduce

spice but he turn deaf ear to my request. Our health is deteriorating due to these
foods, No one comes here to check the quality. He grudge that Punjab food
authority is only targeting the big hotels because rich people there.
When contact to institute of public health Lahore professor rubina khalid said
that this is major issues regarding food safety in a big cities. We received a report
that these substandard foods hampering the study of the students who come here
for short time for preparation of exams, she said. She further explained that it the
most important but negligible area from government side. Peoples are suffering
from many preventable disease due to violation of healthy measurement. She
stressed that government shook immediately start registration of food outlets
including hostels in every nook and corner of the city. She warned that if it goes
unchecked in near future many people will suffer from hepatitis.

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