Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 09 April 2025
The seventh version of POSHAN Pakhwada was inaugurated with nice enthusiasm on April 8, 2025, on the Prothrapur Community Hall, reaffirming the collective dedication towards constructing a malnutrition-free India. The occasion marked the start of a two-week nationwide marketing campaign targeted on diet and well being, significantly for ladies, kids, and adolescents.
The inaugural perform was graced by Ms. Gurjeet Kaur, Block Development Officer (BDO), Prothrapur, together with Ward No. 23 Councillor Ms. Radhika Dheeraj, ANMs, ICDS workers, Anganwadi Workers, and members of most people.
POSHAN Pakhwada 2025, which runs from April 8 to 22 below the Government of India’s flagship POSHAN Abhiyaan, goals to bolster important dietary practices and have interaction communities via inclusive, grassroots participation. To promote consciousness and involvement, inventive competitions corresponding to Rangoli and Recipe contests had been organized for most people and Anganwadi Workers, highlighting the significance of conventional culinary information in selling balanced diets.
Addressing the gathering, the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO), Urban Project, emphasised the importance of the fortnight-long initiative. She highlighted key thematic areas of this 12 months’s marketing campaign, together with the significance of the primary 1,000 days of life, efficient use of the Beneficiary Module, administration of malnutrition via the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), and inspiring wholesome life-style practices to fight childhood weight problems.
BDO Ms. Gurjeet Kaur, the ANM, and Councillor Ms. Radhika Dheeraj additionally shared their insights, stressing the significance of group collaboration in reaching the targets of the POSHAN Abhiyaan. Their remarks echoed a unified imaginative and prescient: solely via constant group involvement and consciousness can sustainable enhancements in public well being and diet be achieved.
