Minister Kailash Gahlot interacts with Anganwadi Workers and Helpers regarding their grievances, demands and support required to maintain and upscale the services provided at the centres
All the Anganwadi Workers have promised to continue working to ensure the smooth functioning of all centres- Kailash Gahlot
I’ve assured them that the Delhi Government will do everything in its capacity to address and resolve the demands and grievances they face- Kailash Gahlot
I appeal to all workers who have still not returned to work to resume duties immediately- Kailash Gahlot
We will all have to work together to ensure a safer future for our children. The department is strongly motivated and I am looking forward to the betterment of both the staff and public- Kailash Gahlot
New Delhi:
Right after taking charge of the Women and Child Development Ministry, Shri Kailash Gahlot visited two Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) in Humayunpur and Nizamuddin to understand the grievances of the staff there. WCD Minister Shri Kailash Gahlot interacted with Anganwadi Workers and Helpers regarding their demands and support required to maintain and upscale the services provided at the centres. Director WCD Smt Rashmi Singh, Joint Director WCD Smt Nandini Maharaj, CDPO Humayunpur Neeru Gahlot, and CDPO Nizamuddin Smt Manjula Kathuria were also present during the visit.
The department of Women and Child Development was added to the portfolio of Shri Kailash Gahlot on 9th March following which preliminary meetings were conducted with senior department officials of WCD. The National Capital Territory of Delhi has a network of 10,897 Anganwadi Centres which are divided across 95 sanctioned projects and have 10,653 Anganwadi Workers and 10,890 Anganwadi Helpers in total. The POSHAN schemes delivered through this network of Anganwadis alone have benefitted 8.98 lakh beneficiaries in the month of January, 2022 which includes children in the age group 0-3 years, 3-6 years and pregnant and lactating mothers.
Shri Kailash Gahlot, after the visit, said “The entire Anganwadi staff has promised to continue working to ensure the smooth functioning of all centres. I’ve also assured them that the Delhi government will do everything in its capacity to address and resolve the demands and grievances they face. I appeal to all workers who have still not returned, to resume duties. We will all have to work together to ensure a safer future for our children. The department is strongly motivated and I am looking forward to the betterment of both the staff and public”
The operations at both Humayunpur and Nizamuddin Anganwadis have resumed normalcy and both AWCs are working at full capacity.
During the visits at the Nizamuddin and Humayunpur AWCs, Shri Kailash Gahlot interacted with Anganwadi Workers and Helpers regarding their grievances, demands and support required to maintain and upscale the services provided at the centres. Shri Kailash Gahlot also interacted with parents and children and enquired about the conditions of the centres, quality of early childhood care and education offered at the visited centres. The workers and helpers engaged with the Minister with gusto.
Shri Gahlot also chaired a meeting with all officials of WCD including the Director, Joint Directors, Deputy Directors, District Officers Child Development Project Officers and Welfare Officers after the visit to understand the structure, status of various schemes and monitoring mechanism of these schemes. He also urged the senior officials to conduct regular visits to all centres, to ensure efficient functioning, accountability and transparency within the department.