When IIT-Delhi alumna Namita Gupta decided to move to Delhi with her family from the US in 2014, she was shocked.

With the number of reported swine flu cases in the city crossing the 2,000 mark, schools and universities in the capital have finally sounded the alert on the H1N1 virus.

A report issued by North Municipal Corporation’s Education department has found more than 75 per cent of food samples of midday meals in its schools lacking in the prescribed nutritional value.