Mumbai, 29 May (HS): One hundred Anganwadis in Gadchiroli district will be reformed

as ‘Nandghar’, with facilities of e-learning. The centres will provide a nutritious diet to children besides education in the morning, and awareness

programmes on health and entrepreneurship will be held in the afternoon. The

project conceptualised by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be first

implemented in Gadchiroli district.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Gadchiroli Zilla

Parishad on behalf of the Women and Child Development Department with Anil

Agrawal Foundation of the Vedanta Group. Zilla Parishad CEO Suhas Gade and CEO

of Nandghar Shashi Arora signed the MoU.

The project will benefit 3,867 children between Zero and Six years,

pregnant and lactating mothers. In the afternoon session, 1,134 young women will

be trained in job-oriented skills. The project will help in improving health

status of women and children and in ameliorating their economic status.

The project will be implemented all over the state in the future.

Training programmes for Anganwadi workers, health workers (ASHA), and

ANMs will also be conducted at the centres. Zilla Parishad will be the

coordinator for the project.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar