COVID-19: Schools shut, mid-day meals become thing of the past in Muzaffarpur

As all government and private schools remain closed since the COVID-19 lockdown, it's having a devastating effect on the poor children in parts of Bihar.

With schools closed and mid-day meal supply allegedly stopped, the children of Kanti block area of Muzaffarpur district have now joined their parents in the fields and in grazing goats.

A villager said, "We are not getting any mid-day meal services for our children." Child malnutrition is a severe issue in Bihar.