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Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy connected Sunday said that the Centre has decided to upgrade 5,008 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) successful Telangana arsenic ‘Saksham Anganwadis’ astatine a outgo of ₹30.04 crore.
In a property release, the Minister said the Ministry of Women and Child Development, nether the ‘Mission Saksham Anganwadi’ and ‘Poshan 2.0’ scheme, is strengthening astir 2 lakh ‘Anganwadi’ centres housed successful authorities buildings crossed the state to guarantee improved nutrition and aboriginal puerility attraction and education.
Students astatine an anganwadi centre successful Sangareddy. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF
The upgraded ‘Saksham Anganwadis’ volition beryllium equipped with enhanced infrastructure compared to accepted centres. Facilities see LED screens, h2o filtration systems, ‘Poshan Vatika’ (nutrition gardens), aboriginal puerility acquisition material, and Building arsenic Learning Aid (BaLA) paintings, helium said.
Mr. Reddy said the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) provides nutritional enactment to large women, lactating mothers and children, and is chiefly designed to span the spread betwixt the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) and the Average Daily Intake (ADI).
Fortified atom is being supplied to Anganwadi centres to conscionable micronutrient requirements and to power anaemia among women and children. Greater accent is besides being laid connected the usage of millets astatine slightest erstwhile a week successful the mentation of blistery cooked meals and take‑home rations astatine ‘Anganwadi’ centres, helium said.
District‑wise, the upgraded centres see 948 successful Medchal–Malkajgiri, 509 successful Bhadradri–Kothagudem, 365 successful Karimnagar, 298 successful Sangareddy, 278 successful Jangaon, 238 successful Siddipet, 232 successful Narayanpet, 226 successful Kamareddy, 180 successful Suryapet, 176 successful Rangareddy, and 171 successful Rajanna–Sircilla.
Other districts see 156 successful Nalgonda, 153 successful Wanaparthy, 130 each successful Mahabubnagar and Medak, 107 successful Jagtial, 105 successful Komaram Bheem–Asifabad, 90 each successful Vikarabad and Nizamabad, 66 successful Peddapalli, 65 successful Hanumakonda, 54 successful Warangal, 51 successful Nagarkurnool, 50 successful Jayashankar Bhupalpally, 47 successful Bayyaram, 29 successful Adilabad, 18 successful Yadadri–Bhuvanagiri, 17 successful Mulugu, 15 successful Jogulamba–Gadwal, 10 successful Hyderabad, 9 successful Nirmal and 3 successful Mahabubabad, the merchandise added.
