Over 21,000 Anganwadi Centres In Odisha Do Not Have Own Building, 31,000 Lack Electricity

Bhubaneswar: More than 21,000 Anganwadi centres in Odisha do not have their own buildings, the state Assembly was informed on Saturday.

In a written reply to a question in the House, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said there are 74,192 Anganwadi centres in Odisha, of which 52,806 have their own building, 26,455 centres have boundary wall and 42,736 centres have electricity connection.

Of the Anganwadi centres in the state, 21,386 have no building, 31,456 have no electricity and 47,737 Anganwadi centres do not have electricity, as per the data shared by the Minister, who also holds Women and Child Development portfolio.

To improve basic infrastructure of the Anganwadi centres, the state government is allocating funds to collectors in phases for power supply to the Anganwadi centres.

While there is no proposal for constructing boundary wall around Anganwadi centres, the government is taking necessary steps for infrastructure development of these centres in phases, the Deputy CM added.