As many as 7,844 pregnant women and 29,828 children would be provided with nutritional food in the district under the supplementary nutrition programme till the end of the current financial year and more than Rs3.56 cr will be spent on the scheme.
SAS Nagar Deputy Commissioner, Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that a total of 614 anganwadi centres have been working in the district for which 614 anganwadi workers and 22 supervisors are deputed.
He said that the anganwadi centres of the district have admitted 29828 children of 6 years age during previous 6 months. Out of these, 48416 children are being provided with nutritional food under supplementary nutrition scheme.
The children are given nutritional food worth Rs6 per child which includes porridge, sweet rice and panjiri. Besides this, there are 7844 pregnant mothers in the district who are registered by anganwadi workers and are being given feed for 300 days.
He also said that anganwadi centres spread awareness about importance of nutritional food and also about health and fitness to pregnant mothers.
Sidhu informed that the Health Department while on one the hand tries to make sure 100 percent registration of pregnant mothers, it also spreads awareness about institutional deliveries so that mother and child should remain fit.
Under Mata Kaushalya scheme, any delivery in Government hospitals results in mother getting Rs1000 as financial assistance. Similarly, under Janani Suraksha Yojna also, a mother gets financial assistance in case of delivery in Government hospital, he added.
The Deputy Commissioner gave further details that ANMs would be recruited under urban health mission and will be deputed in urban slum areas. He added that under Rashtriya Bal Suraksha Kalyan scheme, six mobile health teams have been formed to conduct medical inspection of children studying in schools falling within the district.