Food festival to create anaemia free villages
The Hindu
Dindigul Collector promotes nutrition awareness and healthy food habits through food festival to create anaemia-free villages.
With the objective of creating awareness of nutrition and healthy food habits and creating anaemia-free villages, Dindigul Collector M.N. Poongodi on Wednesday inaugurated a food festival on the Dindigul Collectorate premises.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Poongodi said that women and children, particularly in the rural areas, were suffering from malnutrition and anaemia. The Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM) were organising competitions on millets and traditional foods in order to create awareness among the people of nutrition and healthy food habits.
The competition was held at village and block levels. In Dindigul district, the competitions were held in 306 village panchayats and 14 Blocks levels through self help groups to create Anaemia free villages. The winners were felicitated at the event.