Senthil Kumar
Rangat, Dec 18: An Anganwadi Centre in remote Middle Andaman stands testimony to the official apathy towards the effective implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in the North and Middle Andaman district.
The construction of the Anganwadi Centre at Kaushalya Nagar that started ten years ago is still incomplete and children are forced to study at a temporary Anganwadi Centre in a government quarter of Education Department of the area.
According to reports, several children below 4 years of Kaushalya Nagar have been deprived of the benefits of the government scheme for the indifference of the authorities.
The administration allotted funds for construction of the Anganwadi Centre years ago and the work was awarded to the selected player. However, the construction work is continuing since the last ten years.
“Anganwadi centres are run under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, which aims at improving the nutritional and health status of children in the age group of 0-6 years and lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child. The apathy displayed by the authorities towards constructing the permanent building for Anganwadi Centre at Kaushalya Nagar has defeat the very purpose of the ICDS scheme. Repeated pleas seeking attention of the authorities concerned towards early completion of the construction have fallen on deaf ears all these years,” said some residents of Kaushalya Nagar.
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