Bhubaneswar: Deputy chief minister Pravati Parida disclosed in the assembly on Saturday that nearly 30% of Odisha’s anganwadi centres operate without their own buildings and out of the total 74,192 centres, 21,486 lack permanent structures.
“More than 31,000 centres function without electricity connections, while 47,737 centres operate without boundary walls,” Parida, who is also the minister of women and child development department, added.
Anganwadi centres serve as community hubs that offer a range of essential services, including supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-ups and early learning.