Anganwaris get poor quality sugar

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Tribune News Service

Muktsar, May 24

The anganwari centres in Muktsar have got moist sugar having lumps to supply among kids of needy families and pregnant women.

Some anganwari workers said earlier, sugar was not supplied and when the stock came, they found it unfit for consumption. “The state government had earlier supplied wheat, milk powder and rice. The sugar was not supplied. Now, sugar has been supplied after a delay of nearly two months, but it is unfit for human consumption. Due to high moisture level, lumps have developed in sugar,” said Hargobind Kaur, an anganwari worker at Chak Kala Singhwala village here.

Hargobind, who is also the president of the Anganwari Employees’ Federation of India, added, “Some sugar bags are still wet, lying at the anganwaricentres in Kotli Sanghar, Jammuana, Sadarwala, Dodanwali, Jhabelwali and Bariwala. This is just because of the negligent approach of the officials concerned.”

On this, Pankaj Kumar, Child Development Project Officer, Muktsar, said, “We had got 548 bags of sugar about two months ago. Nearly 200 bags were found wet. We have informed the senior officials and Markfed officials as well, who have promised to replace the bags.”

He said, “Earlier, the department was supplying cooked food to kids and women. However, due to Covid, only raw material is being supplied these days.”