Nadu-Nedu for Anganwadi Centres now

23,510 new buildings to be constructed, 16,681 to be upgraded

Recognising the need to provide a safe, clean and enabling environment for effective cognitive, emotional and social development of a child during the critical first five years of their life, the government now plans to construct 23,510 Anganwadi Centres besides upgrading 16,681 of the existing Anganwadi buildings under ‘Mana Anganwadi Nadu-Nedu’ programme over a period of three years. “The new construction and upgrading works will be executed through the Anganwadi Development Committee (AWDC) consisting of an Anganwadi worker, Supervisor, Mahila Samrakshana Karyadarshi, Engineering Assistant (Convenor) and three mothers of children aged 2-4 years, who are enrolled in the Anganwadi Centre,” said Kritika Shukla, Director, Women Development and Child Welfare. The works will be executed through the community contracting method on the lines of Mana Badi Nadu-Nedu, she informed.