In a major relief to the working parents, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday inaugurated a children’s crèche at Delhi Government secretariat with an aim to ensure the parents to spend a quality time with their children.
Sisodia said that this is an excellent model which should be adopted by all workstations including private organisations. "With the step, the working women in the Government offices can spend quality time with their Children," he said.
The Department of Women and Child Development under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister came up with the idea of setting up a crèche on the office premises of the Delhi Secretariat, the Government said in a statement.
"The Government took the initiative keeping in mind that many Government officials leave their home and send their kids to the private crèches, which forces the parents to spend very less time with their children," it said.
Stressing on the need to adopt this model, SB Shashank, Director of Women and Child Development said that now corporate firms and private organisations are being advised to install crèches at their workplaces.
The crèche that is situated on the 2nd floor of the Delhi Secretariat Building has two feeding centres, two sleeping rooms comprising four beds, a playroom, two dressing rooms and a huge living area for the kids and their parents.