Chief Minister Harish Rawat stressed on the inclusive efforts to minimise the maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in the State.
He directed to provide nutritious food along with necessary health check-up and counselling to the pregnant women and newborn children through the anganbari centres so that mother mortality rate may be lowered and infant mortality rate may be controlled in the State.
Addressing in a programme organised on the Weight Nutrition Day at Anganbari Centre Mehuwalan by the Woman Empowerment and Child Department ICDS, Rawat asserted that to prevent the nutritious deficiency in pregnant women, Iodine and protein would also be included in the programme.
He distributed the Nutritious Food Kits among the pregnant women, infants and old aged women.
He stressed that Anganbari workers and supervisors had significant role in disseminating the health awareness among the public as they will have to understand their responsibilities and to make efforts to provide good nutritious food and health facilities to maximum women and children through Anganbari Centers.
The Take Home Ration Facilities are being provided to the old aged women through the Anganbari centers so that old aged people may be imparted more respectability in the society. The CM directed to distribute the old aged pension in every three months. He appreciated the efforts to check the weight and collective health check-up of the pregnant women and infants regularly on 5th day of every month.
Chief Minister Rawat declared that Rs 500 per month would be granted to the parents if their child is born with any disability. If any child were bearing serious decease, the State Government would pay all the medical expenditure. Clean drinking water would be arranged in the Anganbari Centers through the Jal Nigam. Five mothers would be awarded from every Aaganbari Center for healthy upbringing of their children according to the suggestions and advisory imparted by the supervisors and Anganbari Centers. Separate fund would be arranged for the purpose. The CM directed to provide the nail cutters to the mothers to promote hygienic habits among the children. The Chief Minister declared Rs 10 lakhs for crematory in Mehuwala and over head tank water in Tuntowala along with pipeline in Kesharwalan.