<p>Mixing water with milk is quite common in the country. At an Uttar Pradesh school, however, a teacher did the opposite. </p>.<p>He mixed milk with water. To be precise, he poured a one-litre pouch of milk into a bucket full of water, boiled the mixture and it was served to 81 children as a midday meal.</p>.<p>The teacher, identified as Kabir Yadav, was sacked.</p>.<p>The shocking incident occurred at a government primary school at Salaibanwa village in the state's remote Sonbhadra district, about 450 kilometres from here.</p>.<p>The teacher said that he was given only one-litre milk pouch and was asked to serve it to the children. ''I was told that only this much milk was available,'' he claimed.</p>.<p>The matter came to the light after some children told their parents about the same.</p>.<p>A preliminary probe into the matter found the allegations to be true. ''We are conducting a thorough probe....strict action will be taken all those found to be involved,'' said UP minister of State for Basic Education Satish Dwivedi here on Friday.</p>.<p>The minister said that a police case would also be lodged against the sacked teacher. </p>.<p>The incident comes close on the heels of the video, that showed children at a primary school in Mirzapur district eating 'namak-roti' (chapati-salt) as mid-day meal, triggering a nationwide outrage.</p>.<p>Then the officials had claimed that the video was ''manipulated'' and accused a local scribe of hatching a ''conspiracy'' to ''defame'' the state government.</p>.<p>Barely a few days back another video surfaced showing children of a primary school in Sitapur district, about 80 kilometres from here, having 'haldi-chawal' (juice prepared with turmeric-rice) as midday meal.</p>
<p>Mixing water with milk is quite common in the country. At an Uttar Pradesh school, however, a teacher did the opposite. </p>.<p>He mixed milk with water. To be precise, he poured a one-litre pouch of milk into a bucket full of water, boiled the mixture and it was served to 81 children as a midday meal.</p>.<p>The teacher, identified as Kabir Yadav, was sacked.</p>.<p>The shocking incident occurred at a government primary school at Salaibanwa village in the state's remote Sonbhadra district, about 450 kilometres from here.</p>.<p>The teacher said that he was given only one-litre milk pouch and was asked to serve it to the children. ''I was told that only this much milk was available,'' he claimed.</p>.<p>The matter came to the light after some children told their parents about the same.</p>.<p>A preliminary probe into the matter found the allegations to be true. ''We are conducting a thorough probe....strict action will be taken all those found to be involved,'' said UP minister of State for Basic Education Satish Dwivedi here on Friday.</p>.<p>The minister said that a police case would also be lodged against the sacked teacher. </p>.<p>The incident comes close on the heels of the video, that showed children at a primary school in Mirzapur district eating 'namak-roti' (chapati-salt) as mid-day meal, triggering a nationwide outrage.</p>.<p>Then the officials had claimed that the video was ''manipulated'' and accused a local scribe of hatching a ''conspiracy'' to ''defame'' the state government.</p>.<p>Barely a few days back another video surfaced showing children of a primary school in Sitapur district, about 80 kilometres from here, having 'haldi-chawal' (juice prepared with turmeric-rice) as midday meal.</p>