Nutrition campaign is foundation of healthy, capable India: Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the nutrition campaign is the foundation of a healthy and capable India.
He said that there was a time when the liquor mafia used to supply 'nutritious food' in Uttar Pradesh, adding, "Our government has created a new mechanism through which women self-help groups are now delivering nutritious food to Anganwadi centres."
The Chief Minister further said that there was a time when the state used to witness around 1,200-1,500 deaths annually due to encephalitis. Eastern Uttar Pradesh was particularly affected by this disease, he said adding that in the last 30 years from 1977 to 2017, approximately 50,000 children in the state fell prey to this disease.
"After our government came to power, we started our efforts to eradicate encephalitis from the state through inter-departmental coordination with the Central Government in 2018 and today we have been largely successful in our attempt," Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath added.
“This became possible because mothers and children started receiving nutritious food. Our government will organize competitions for healthy boys and girls at the Anganwadi centres, Nyay Panchayat and block level”, he said.
Yogi Adityanath said that as this year marks the first year of the Azaadi ka Amrit Kal, the government aims to establish India as the world's third-largest economy by 2027.
During the baby shower ceremony, the Chief Minister gifted medicines and nutritious food items to some pregnant women. He also performed Annaprashan Sanskar on infants by feeding pudding to them.
During the program, Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone of 1,359 Anganwadi centres built at a cost of Rs 155 crore. Besides, the foundation stone of 171 child development project offices was laid at a cost of Rs 50 crore. Additionally, the CM transferred an amount of Rs 29 crore through DBT for uniforms (sarees) to 2.90 lakh Anganwadi workers and helpers.
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