Telangana launches breakfast scheme for children below six years at Anganwadi centres

Telangana Chief Minister, A Revanth Reddy had launched "Toli Mudda" breakfast scheme for children below six years at Anganwadi centres in Telangana on Saturday.

Launching the scheme Revanth Reddy noted that lack of nutritious food is a cause of big concern and health ailments among children is a big worrying factor. He said that mental health development among children under the age of six is important to grow strong.

For this, the government launched the breakfast scheme to improve the health conditions of the children from their childhood . Nutritious food was already provided to mothers from the day of conceived in the Anganwadi centres.

He emphasized that food security alone is not enough and the Telangana Government accorded top priority to provide nutritious food to the children.

Revanth Reddy remembered that the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru gave priority to education and irrigation to wipe out illiteracy and strengthen the agriculture sector.

The Chief Minister assured that the government will address all pending issues of the Anganwadi staff and appealed to them to implement the breakfast scheme in a true spirit. Anganwadi staff should take care of children like their own family members.

The Chief Minister instructed the authorities to formulate plans to construct permanent buildings for Anganwadi centres and stop running the centres in private buildings.