The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Poor implementation of court guidelines lamented

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Nov 08, 2006
ePaper

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Poor implementation of court guidelines lamented

Staff Reporter

Running of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)

Shanta Sinha stresses need to see that no child up to the age of six was undernourished

Representatives of several NGOs present survey findings

HYDERABAD: Speakers at a meeting here on Monday organised as part of a `National Campaign on Right to Food' lamented the poor implementation of several Supreme Court guidelines on running the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and ensure nutritious food for underprivileged children at Anganwadi Centres (AWCs). The campaign's chairperson and Magsaysay award winner, Shantha Sinha of M.V. Foundation (MVF), who presided, said it was time the community, officials and non-Government agencies (NGO) pulled up their socks in the endeavour to see that no child up to the age of six was under-nourished.

"The results of the survey conducted by NGOs in over 2,000 AWCs clearly indicate that the Supreme Court orders were not being followed in their entirety. ," she said.

A majority of AWCs did not have water supply, toilets, play material etc

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Andhra Pradesh

News Update

Stories in this Section