Government plans reopening of anganwadi centres in Odisha

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The Women and child development department on Saturday asked district collectors to makeanganwadicentres ready for reopening. The department also asked the collectors to send a report on the preparedness by February 16.
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/> The department instructed officers to ensure that the buildings of the anganwadi centres are fine and the facilities have all the equipment. Official sources said, with Covid-19 cases decreasing, the Odisha government is planning to reopen the centres across the state and directions in this regard will be issued soon.

Anganwadi centres provide pre-school training to children aged between 3 and 6 and take care of their Nutrition and early childhood care and Education (ECCE). In February 2021, the had allowed reopening of anganwadi centres with Covid-19 norms in place. But they shut due to re-emergence of Covid-19 cases in the second wave. Again, on January 5 this year, the government announced to shut schools and colleges following the resurgence of theOmicronvariant.