Jhansi: State Minister for Women Welfare, Child Development and Nutrition, Baby Rani Maurya, chaired a district-level review meeting at the Circuit House here on Thursday to assess the progress of various govt welfare and development schemes.During the meeting, the minister reviewed the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission and instructed officials to ensure that water supply reaches every household connection.While viewing constant complaints of broken roads during the laying of pipeline under the scheme which have not been repaired at number of places, the minister directed concerned agencies to restore roads damaged during pipeline works at the earliest. District magistrate Gaurang Rathi assured that damaged roads would soon be made traffic-friendly after proper inspection and documentation.Reviewing the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) nutrition campaign, the minister appreciated the improvement in the condition of 5,231 children out of 5,533 identified under the Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM). She also instructed officials to complete all under-construction Anganwadi centres within the stipulated timeframe and with quality standards.The minister expressed satisfaction over the district’s performance under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, where over 5.11 lakh golden cards have been issued against a target of 5.90 lakh and more than96,000 beneficiaries have received treatment. She also praised efforts being made under the TB-free India campaign.During the meeting, the minister distributed toolkits and certificates to 15 women beneficiaries under the One District One Product training and toolkit scheme and extended her best wishes for their future.
