4 months ago
2
Following a study published successful The Hindu connected the denial of Anganwadi services to implicit 100 Scheduled Tribe families, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) connected Tuesday opened a caller Anganwadi centre successful a impermanent gathering astatine JJ Nagar, a tribal hamlet nether Arasur gram panchayat successful Sirkazhi taluk.
Residents of JJ Nagar, inhabited by 110 families belonging to the Hindu Athiyan Scheduled Tribe community, had been excluded from Anganwadi services for respective months pursuing a arguable incidental linked to an alleged intersexual battle reported successful March 2025.
According to assemblage estimates, the hamlet has astir 150 children and astir residents gain a livelihood by selling integrative items, portion immoderate are engaged successful begging.
Earlier connected Monday, Sirkazhi Tahsildar and ICDS officials inspected the hamlet pursuing and assessed the crushed situation. Based connected the inspection, the ICDS section rented a impermanent gathering and commenced Anganwadi services wrong the hamlet connected Tuesday. Twenty-six tribal children were provided nutrient connected the archetypal day.
A elder ICDS authoritative told The Hindu that an Anganwadi idiosyncratic would beryllium appointed connected deputation to tally the centre from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with preschool acquisition facilities provided wrong JJ Nagar itself. “Though the centre is presently functioning with basal arrangements, we person provided indispensable items specified arsenic a cooker, mats, toys, plates and tumblers.,” the authoritative said.
