Correspondent
IMPHAL, SEPTEMBER 26
WITH the construction of 107 buildings, Churachandpur district has as many as 1010 Anganwadi Centre as on July this year, according to District Project Officer Jouneikim of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) Cell Churachandpur.
Speaking as resource persons during the three-day Public Information Campaign (PIC) of PIB Imphal at B Vengnuom village of Churachandpur on Thursday, she said that the Central government’s flagship Program ICDS which aims at to tackle malnutrition and health problems in children below 6 years of age and their mothers is implementing without a break in the district since the very beginning.
Besides tackling malnutrition and health problems in children below 6 years of age, the program also cover pregnant and lactating mothers, and adolescent girls. The gender promotion of the girl child by trying to bring her at par with the male child is a key component of the scheme, she added.
She said that 107 Anganwadi centre building have been constructed under 4th phase of the ICDS project in the district in collaboration with DRDA, Churachandpur.
The District Programme Officer, ICDS Cell look after the overall functioning of the ICDS Projects, Jouneikim said while adding that ICDS is a multi sectorial programme involving several government departments and their services are co-ordinate at the village, block, district and state/central government levels.
The primary responsibility for the implementation of the programme lies with the department of women and child development, government of India and its nodal agency in Social Welfare Department, government of Manipur, she said.
The district ICDS has covered 264896 of aged below 6 years. This includes 132312 male and 132584 female. Among the beneficiaries 5057 children were of age between 6 months to one year, 13338 of them between one-year to three-year and 20165 from three-years to six-years of age.
A total of 4238 nursing mother and 3814 pregnant women were also availing the benefits of the programme. There are no severe malnourished children in the ICDS project in the district, she added.Besides carrying out a public rally with the message of the PIB campaign on the villager roads, a free medical camp was organized by the district National Health Mission (NHM) in association with PIB, Imphal.
A total of 342 villagers attended by medical officers of the district HNM authority during the medical camp.
