Nearly 150 students of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, popularly known as IIIT-Basar in Nirmal district, took ill after they had lunch on Friday.
Eight students have already been shifted to a hospital in Nizamabad and another 15 are on their way to the hospital while rest were having minor issues, Telangana Minister Indrakaran Reddy said.
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"It seems they (students) were served egg curry and rice for lunch. Around 150 students complained of uneasiness after consuming the meal. All students are stable now. A total of 600 students had lunch on the campus. A three-member doctors team reached Basar and are treating them. Other medicals teams have also been dispatched to the institute," the minister told PTI.
Meanwhile, Health Minister T Harish Rao in a statement said he instructed the officials concerned to dispatch special medical teams to Basar for better treatment to the ailing students.
Nirmal Collector Musharraf Faruqi is monitoring the situation.
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