Bhubaneswar: With an aim to streamline the Take Home Ration (THR) management system, state government has decided to distribute chhatua to the beneficiaries in Anganwadi centers on first day of every month. This new initiative was started Sunday.
As per the revised guidelines, from this month onwards, chhatua will be distributed on the first day of every month in presence of members of Mother Committee, Janch Committee and supervising officers.
For proper monitoring and implementation of the programme, state level senior officers of Women & Child Development department have been deputed to personally supervise the proper functioning of this programme in all 30 districts, sources said.
Similarly, district level officers and ICDS functionaries deputed by concerned district collectors have also been assigned to visit the Anganwadi centres in their respective districts and supervise the distribution process. Collectors of Balasore, Baragarh, Gajapati and Bhadrak personally visited and monitored the distribution in their districts, they said.
In Take Home Ration, chhatua, laddu, dry ration and egg is being distributed to pregnant women, lactating mothers, adolescent girls, children below three years and severely underweight children in the age group of 3 to 6 years to enhance their levels of nutrition.