BHUBANESWAR: To ensure access to supplementary nutrition by all children staying in hard-to-reach villages and hamlets, the state government has launched a programme ‘Pada Prusti Karyakram (PPK)’. Children aged 3-6 years residing in inaccessible pockets and not accessing the Anganwadi Centres will be provided with both morning snacks and hot cooked meals at their village location.
This programme will function as an extension of respective Anganwadi Centres (AWC) in the hard-to-reach villages/hamlets which do not have its own AWC and located more than 2km from the tagged centre and there is geographical barrier for communication. As many as 2543 inaccessible villages/hamlets have been identified in the state for this purpose.
To run this nutrition programme, there should be at least five or more children between the age group of three years to six years in the hamlet/village. This is an initiative to eradicate malnutrition and stunting among kids in inaccessible or hard-to-reach areas where Anganwadi Centres are not available.
