Under the Nutrition Surguja Campaign, regular health check up of children and mothers is being done and information related to healthy and nutritious food also be given to them in the 300 Fulwari Centres of Surguja District. There is no restriction of BPl families.
According to an official press statement issued here on Friday, childbearing mothers of the area were giving nutritious food to their children on a regular basis, as instructed by the specialists of Woman and Child Development and Health departments. Now they are not worried about the proper development of their children, the release added.
Vineeta lakda of Uranvpara Fulwari Centre in village Bakalo under Ambikapur development block said that mothers at the Fulwari centre serve food to children as per the prescribed menu. The children were given eggs four days a week and nutritious food on the other days, based on the local availability. Children were given food three times a day on a regular basis, she added. According to the release, 300 Fulwari centres are working at the 125 villages of all the seven development blocks in Surguja district.
In these centres, started in 2012-13, nutrition campaign has been launched with an objective to serve nutritious food to 682 pregnant women and 3749 children of the age group of 6 months to 3 years. A target is set to open 210 Fulwari centres in 150 villages during the year 2013-14, the release added.
Objective of Nutrition Surguja Campaign
With an objective to eradicate malnutrition amount pregnant women and children of the age group of 6 months to 3 years and to improve the livelihood of such families, the Nutrition Surguja campaign has been launched in Surguja district. Under the campaign Fulwari centres have been set in the villages, which are run by women.