Summary:
In Gurugram, ICDS shut down a total of 17 crèches in September 2017.Speaking about the closure, Sunaina Khatri, ICDS project officer, said: “The 17 crèches were shut down after a survey found that they were not functioning properly. We are making all possible efforts to convince the women and child development department to revive all the closed crèches in the state.” They recently met Hema Sharma, director (women and child development) over the issue. But the crèche system, which started in 1968 as ‘Balvadi’, is the most successful childcare system for children between the ages of one month to one year. They have closed down many crèches across several districts citing budget constraints..