RamanathapuramThe more than 1,400 anganwadis in the district were given facelift and the exterior areas wore clean look as the district administration has launched ‘Poshan Abhiyan’, India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes of children, pregnant women, lactating mothers and adolescent girls. Officials said the anganwadis catered to 68,037 children and the Poshan Abhiyan would also cover 7,537 pregnant women and 6,241 lactating mothers in the district, they said. The programme also aimed at focusing on adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers to holistically address malnutrition. Most of these anganwadis wore a fresh look on Saturday and the anganwadi workers opened the centres on Saturday after sprinkling water and drawing ‘kolam’ on the front yards. The mass cleaning would begin on Monday and all the schools would be made ‘litter and plastic-free premises’, he said.
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