After the unfortunate death of a young student who was injured by the explosion of a soft drink bottle, the Directorate of Inspection and Registration of Private Institutions Sindh (DIRPIS) declared on Monday a ban on the sale of limca and soda beverages in schools.
According to the DIRPIS letter, the principals and administrators of all privately-managed schools are ordered to guarantee that no Limca/Soda drinks in glass bottles are kept or sold on school grounds.
Soft drinks in plastic bottles or cans, on the other hand, may be sold at schools. The prohibition was issued in six Sindh divisions: Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpur Khas, Benazirabad, and Larkana
“This move is being introduced to safeguard the children as well as to avoid unfortunate incidents that will not occur in the future,” the notification stated.
It is pertinent to mention here that a student was injured after getting cut by a glass of a soft drink bottle at a school in Karachi and succumbed to his injuries.
The incident took place at a private school in Malir’s Model Colony area during which Huzaifa, a student of class five, was injured.
He was rushed to the Civil Hospital’s trauma centre and was under treatment in its intensive care unit (ICU). According to the child’s father, he died while receiving treatment at the medical facility.
