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1.33 lakh
Anganwadi centres not functional: Tirath
Saturday July 23, 2011 10:28:05 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: More than
one lakh Anganwadis, government-run child care centres that are an
important tool in implementation of the Integrated Child
Development Services (ICDS), are not functional.
This was revealed here Saturday by Woman and Child Development
Minister Krishna Tirath.
In a statement Saturday, on the conclusion of a conference to
review the ICDS programme, Tirath said: "The priority area is to
ensure operationalisation of all the 13.67 lakh sanctioned
Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) as there is still a backlog of around
1.02 to 1.33 lakh AWCs."
She said the government shared the ministry's perspective to
strengthen and restructure the ICDS scheme through a set of
comprehensive, management and institutional reforms.
"During discussions there was a consensus and demand for setting
ICDS in a mission mode," the minister said.
On the issue of malnutrition, Tirath said the high level of
malnutrition in the country was a matter of "serious concern".
"Early detection and prevention (of malnutrition) is critical. The
states were asked to take specific steps for conducting
independent surveys to detect levels of malnutrition and devise
nutrition guidelines at community level for treatment of severely
malnourished children," she said.
"The states have been advised to set up nutrition councils
immediately and to take further steps for a concerted action to
address the challenge of malnutrition," she added.
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