A special drive against malnourishment covering 50,000 tribal kids in Gujarat

Gandhinagar

Gujarat Chief Minister is completing two years in power in Gujarat. There are many programmes planned to mark her government’s second anniversary. One of the programmes is against malnutrition.

As per a report, there are 1.5 lakh kids below 6-year age that are very malnorished. Of them 50,000 are in 13 tribal districts. The Chief Minister will start 8-week long drive to provide daily two packets multivitamin food to these kids.

The packets are prepared by Anand District Milk Producers Federation(AMUL). The packet has been named as Baal Amrut. About 100 gram packet will be offered twice a day to kids.

The programme is at present in implementation in five talukas across Sabarkantha district of norh Gujarat on pilot project basis. The progamme has been covered under National Health Mission and therefore it will get central assistance.

The government will spend about Rs 15 crore for this initiative in which Banaskantha, Dahod, Panchmahal, Mahisagar, Dang, Valsad, Vadodara, Surednranagar, Sabarkantha, Arvalli, Narmada, Chhotaudepur districts are covered.

– DeshGujarat