Chief Minister Harish Rawat officially launched the campaign Khilti Kaliyaan in the district by giving nutrition kits to the mothers who are suffering from malnutrition at a convention held in the premises of BHEl on Monday. Nearly 3,600 children have been marked by the district health department as afflicted with malnutrition. Bhel adopted 200 such children under its CSR project.
CM Rawat urged every mother of the district to increase the intake of Madwaa flour in her diet as it is rich in Magnesium and Iron which will ultimately help to improve the immunity of her children.
It may be mentioned that 3600 under- nourished children aged between 0 to 6 years have been notified across the district by the Haridwar health department.
CM announced to double quantity of eggs for them, saying that budget will be provided from Chief Minister Relief Fund.
On this occasion, executive director Bharat Heavy Electrical limited HEEP plant Prakash Chand announced that they would adopt 200 mal-nutritious children under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). He added that full treatment and diet supplement will be provided to them by BHEl.
Rawat said that when he was the Union Water Resource Minister surveys were conducted across the district whose find was that Haridwar water was not so good for drinking resulting in number of cases of water- borne diseases being higher here than in other districts. He urged the social and political representatives to donate at least one water filter in their areas so that this black spot in name of malnutrition can be uprooted from the holy land.
Interacting with the media persons, he said this mission has been successfully running in Dehradun district. Quizzed over the Cabinet berth lying vacant following the demise of Surender Rakesh, he said it would be filled soon.