During hearing by a Joint Bench of Madhya Pradesh Child Rights Protection Commission, its Chairpersons Usha Chaturvedi said that arrangements at Anganwadis should be streamlined further. In all, 21 cases came up for hearing before the bench on Wednesday. Commission members Vijaya Shukla, RH lata, Reena Gujral and Vibhanshu Joshi were also present during the hearing.
Chaturvedi said that the Government has set up Anganwadis to ensure health, education and good manners among children. Adequate funds are allocated for this, but extreme negligence was found towards these objectives during inspection of Anganwadis in Sidhi, Khandwa and Tikamgarh districts. Expressing displeasure over preparing Khichadi from take-home ration in Sidhi district, she directed District Programme Officer who was present during hearing, to take strict action against concerning self-help group.
Commission’s Chairperson informed about attendance of only 16 children against the registered number of 64 children at Takha and Bhagat Nagar Anganwadi centres in Tikamgarh district. She informed that neither attention is being paid to children’s hygiene nor to their education etc. Thalis in which meal was being served at the centre were used for other purposes also while the bucket in which meal was carried was rusted. He directed concerning Project Officer and Supervisor to streamline arrangements and give action taken report to the commission within 10 days.
Taking cognisance of newspaper reports about distribution of poisoned food to children at Anganwadi centre of Mau tahsil in Bhind district, the commission sought separate statements from Project Officer, Supervisor and ASHA workers.
On the complaint of class XI student of Meera Kamalwanshi of Jabalpur, the commission assured her to requisition her mark sheet and school leaving certificate from her father working in Gujarat.
The commission also took cognisance of newspaper reports about serving sub-standard meals to girl students at Shyamwati Singh Kasturba Girls Residential School, Semariya in Rewa district, the commission directed school warden to streamline arrangements.