Summary:
Out of the 52 mandals in Krishna district, Vijayawada stands at 29th place in terms of improvement rate. While seven mandals have recorded more than 4% growth rate, 10 mandals recorded more than 3% and 23 mandals reported more than 2% growth. Vijayawada: Although the new initiative to eradicate anaemia has been bearing better results in many parts of the district, the same cannot be said for Vijayawada city. He said that the results in some of the areas are on a decline where women missed their daily nutrition supplement. Initially we administered iron sucrose injections to women with severe deficiencies and now we are going for natural supplements”..