Food security schemes in Nuapada

The children registered in the Anganwadi Centre of Belpada village of Lanji Panchayat under Khariar block of Nuapada district have not received their SNP for last one month. The Anganwadi centres are even not supplying the morning snacks.

Officials in the CDPO office say, “the stock registers shows that, food materials were available in this centre upto last week.” The helper says, “the stock exhausted last month and in spite of our request the office is not supplying materials.”

In Matritarei village of the same Panchayat, the Anganwadi worker has managed the SNP through borrowing. “We have to borrow like this for at least two months in a year”, most of the AWWs in the block say.

Most centres have stopped supplying morning snacks due to non-payment of dues of the SHGs. The SHGs are managing this out of their own fund but the expenses have not been reimbursed regularly in many cases. The Self Help Group of Belgaon and Matritarei have stopped supplying snacks for last three to four months. Each of them have spent more than Rs.5000/- . The SHGs in Tukla village have not received their dues for more than a year. Their dues are more than lakh. The situation is same in Badi village the block, where the SHGs have spent more than 50 thousands in last one year.

The CDPO of Khariar block passes the buck to the district office. She says that, they are not getting payment from the district in time. However, the officials in DSWO office say the opposite. “We have not received any account from the CDPO” says the DSWO. The officials do not understand how the children suffer due to their negligence.