It’s hard to digest, but the fact is that 775 metric tonnes of toor lemon daal, which could have fed lakhs of people in a country still battling problems of poverty and malnourishment, will now be utilised as cattle fodder.

All because, instead of being processed and sent to the market, the precious consignment was gathering mould at a godown in Navi Mumbai for months. MiD DAY had reported the situation on July 19 (‘As prices soar, 775 tonnes of toor daal go to waste’).