The distribution of Take Home Ration (THR) to the beneficiaries of Dehradun district will begin from the next week, said Chief Development Officer (CDO) Nitika Khandelwal. In order to provide a better and healthy diet to the malnourished beneficiaries, peanut butter has also been added to their THR now.
In April, the Anganwadi workers home delivered the monthly THR to more than one lakh beneficiaries. Similarly, the Anganwadi workers will deliver the ration to the homes of beneficiaries this month too due to the extended lockdown on the directions of the State Government.
The beneficiaries mostly include children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers among others which are being provided THR under Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
DPO said that THR will be distributed by Anganwadi workers while taking the safety measures like using mask, maintaining social distance, and regular use of sanitiser while delivering ration to the homes.
She also said that to provide a healthy diet to more than one thousand undernourished and malnourished beneficiaries including women with high-risk pregnancies, peanut butter is being added to the THR this month.
A Kashipur based company is providing peanut butter to the state government. According to the sources, the said company has already delivered about 3000 kilogrammes peanut butter to the state administration.
The THR including the peanut butter will be delivered to the Anganwadi workers with the help of Self Help Groups (SHGs), said Khandelwal. She also informed that no Anganwadi worker will be sent to any containment zone of the district as per the orders.
She said, "There are sufficient Anganwadi workers in the containment zones so we do not need to send anyone from the outside area. We deliver THR through the barricades to the Anganwadi workers in the sealed areas which they distribute similar to other workers.”