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During this period, they suffer from many complicated health issues if there is a deficiency of haemoglobin. The students are also unable to concentrate on studies and work at their home due to haemoglobin deficiency.“To check this in my district, I initiated the Nandi programme to improve the haemoglobin levels in girl students. The aim is to see that no adolescent girl student suffers from haemoglobin deficiency,” Reddy said.Each girl student is being freely provided a sesame and ground-nut jaggery sweet for 25 days per month.“Nearly Rs 3 crore is being spent per annum on this programme. Self-help group women members were assigned the task of preparation of the sweet and distribution to the schools and Anganwadi centres,” Reddy added. While 22,887 students had haemoglobin levels between 7g/dL and 9g/dL, 1,358 students had only 7g/dL of haemoglobin in their blood.In September, the department began providing sesame and groundnut jaggery sweets.Speaking to TOI, Srikakulam district collector K Dhanunjaya Reddy said more than 90% of the girl students between 10 and 18 years reached puberty..