Minister Smt. Laxmi Rajwade participated in the Teej-Pora program with Vishnu Bhaiya organized at the Chief Minister’s residence
Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai and Minister Smt. Laxmi Rajwade flagged off the Suposhan Rath
Raipur, 2 September 2024
Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Minister Smt. Laxmi Rajwade attended the ‘Tija-Pora with Vishnu Bhaiya’ program organized at the Chief Minister’s residence. Addressing the women, Minister Smt. Rajwade said that the Vishnu Dev government is continuously empowering women and developing Chhattisgarh by giving the right price to farmers for their crops. Along with this, Minister Smt. Rajwade also gave information about Sakhi Center, Nari Niketan, Shakti Sadan, Women Helpline Number.
Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai and Minister Smt. Laxmi Rajwade flagged off the Suposhan Rath and also released the poster of National Nutrition Month. Suposhan Rath will travel to various villages of the state and spread the message of nutrition to the people. Films focused on nutrition will be screened in this Rath. Audio video messages related to nutrition and health will be broadcast in various districts of the state through Suposhan Rath.
In the program, Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai said that during the Nutrition Month this year, the focus is on anemia, growth monitoring, supplementary nutrition, nutrition as well as education, use of technology for quality service delivery and holistic nutrition. He said that Nutrition Month is being organized from 1 September 2024 to 30 September 2024 to widely disseminate messages related to health, nutrition and hygiene to the public so that various components of the community can participate in the journey of nutrition as a mass movement.
Minister Smt. Rajvade informed that health and nutrition related services are being provided to pregnant women, lactating women, children aged 0 to 06 years and adolescent girls through more than 52000 Anganwadi centres in the state. To achieve the goal of nutrition, positive behaviour change at community, family and individual level is also very important.
Various cultural programs were organized for mothers and sisters at the Chief Minister’s residence. Mothers and sisters enjoyed Pora Tihar by dancing and singing to the melodious performance by Chhattisgarh’s famous folk artist Aru Sahu and other artists. Mehndi was being made on the hands of women and they were also presented with lac bangles.
Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Arun Saw, Forest Minister Mr. Kedar Kashyap, Revenue Minister Mr. Tankaram Verma, Raipur MP Mr. Brijmohan Agarwal, Chief Minister’s wife Mrs. Kaushalya Devi Sai, MLA Mr. Rajesh Munat, Mr. Anuj Sharma, Guru Khuswant Saheb, Mr. Purandar Mishra, Mr. Motilal Sahu, Mr. Gajendra Yadav, Mr. Indra Kumar Sahu along with other officials and women were present in the program.
