Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday instructed the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare to study the feasibility of introducing mobile Anganwadi centres under the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. He also directed them to consider installing CCTV cameras and a biometric attendance system at the Anganwadi centres across the State.
Addressing a meeting to review measures on strengthening the Anganwadi system, which is part of the ICDS project, at the Secretariat here, Mr. Revanth directed the officials to ensure that pregnant women and lactating mothers receive required nutritious food.
Stressing the need to run Anganwadi centres from their own premises, he underscored that constructing of buildings for Anganwadis will be prioritised using funds from the employment guarantee scheme allocated for this purpose.
