Chief Minister Harish Rawat launched ‘Gaudhara” unit at an Aaganwadi centre at Naagal Hatnala, Sahastradhara in Dehradun on Saturday the objective of which is to help the mal-nourished children. Under the scheme, such children will be given 400 and 200 gram milk, depending on the seriousness of their condition twice a week through aaganwadi centre. While offering milk to the children, CM appealed to their parents to bring their wards on the fifth day of every month for medical checkup, including weight check, adding that the medical expense would be borne by the state government. Further, to ensure timely opening of the medical camps, CM asked the women empowerment and child development department officer to be available on aaganwadi centre. He reiterated that these schemes would be implemented seriously. “Make no mistake. These are no token gestures,” he said.
CM announced that now, the pregnant women would get milk twice a week along with Mandua, Kala Bhatt and iodized salt. “We are happy to announce that now pregnant women and malnourished children would get milk twice a week and supplementary nutritious diet. Besides, we would ensure that there would be toilet facility for every woman living in the state. For this, they must build toilet and then the state government would give Rs 12000 as financial assistance. This aside, we have planned to build toilets through the MNREGA labourers and they would be given to the people for Rs 20000 per toilet,” he said.
He appealed to the women to reap these schemes’ benefit by duly registering themselves. “To achieve what we have planned, active assistance from ASHA, Aaganwdi, women self- help groups (SHG) and Mahila Mangal Dal (MMD) is required,” he said.
CM said that the state government would felicitate ASHA, Aaganwadi, women SHGs and MMDs in terms of their performance on the occasion of the state’s foundation day on November 9.
He asked the officials concerned, particularly, the secretary and additional secretary of the departments concerned, to monitor the execution of the welfare schemes at regular intervals.
Exuding confidence that Uttarakhand would be made leucoria and Anemia free state, CM said that the women down with leucoria should go for regular medical checkups. Further, he appealed to the women to cook food in iron-made utensils to check anemia.
During the programme secretary Bhupindar Kaur Aulakh and director Vimmi Sachdev Raman were among others present.