Take care about cleanliness and nutritious food at Anganwadis: Jayamala

Vartha Bharati | 25-07-2018 | 00:00:00 IST

Mangaluru, July 24: Minister for Woman and Child Welfare, Physically Challenged and Senior Citizens Empowerment, and Kannada and Culture departments, Dr Jayamala asked the authorities to take care about ensuring cleanliness and nutritious food at Anganwadis.

Speaking at a progress review meeting of the Woman and Child Welfare department at the ZP Hall here on Tuesday, she directed the officers to take action to fill the vacant posts in Anganwadis. When the problem of online applications for Anganwadi assistants was brought to her notice, she said that she would take steps to solve the problem.

Matru Poorna scheme was the ambitious programme of the government and beneficiary women should be educated about the importance of this programme. Newborn babies should not be abandoned by their mothers. There was a programme called ‘Madilu’ to take care of such babies. The authorities should take care about such babies, she said.

Sexual minorities should be allowed to live with others in the society. They should be given employment and housing facilities. A well-equipped building was being constructed for physically challenged and it was planned to develop such centres in each district to help the physically challenged people, she said.

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Three devotees sustain injuries as thousands throng to Deviramma temple in Chikkamagaluru

01-11-2024 ¦ 01-11-2024 IST

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Nov 1: Three people sustained minor injuries as they fell down due to the slippery route because of rain when they were on the way to Deviramma hill temple here, a police officer said on Friday.

All three of them sustained minor injuries and were discharged after first aid, Vikram Amathe, Superintendent of Police (Chikkamagaluru) told PTI.

According to him, a large number of people climbed up the hill shrine to have darshan of the Goddess.

"Because of rain, the route has become slippery. Only three people were injured as they slipped while climbing," Amathe said.

The injured were immediately shifted via ambulance and given necessary first-aid, he said.

Also, two women had fallen unconscious because of fasting on October 30, he clarified.

According to him, the 24-hour darshan started on October 30 and went on till early morning of October 31.

In view of the crowd, adequate security arrangements were made along the route, police said.

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