BHOPAL: Governor Mangubhai Patel on Thursday took stock of the activities of the department of women and child development at Raj Bhavan on Thursday.
Governor Patel said that according to the intention of the government schemes, people should be benefitted, for this the information about the ground realities of the schemes should be continuously obtained. He asked the officials to undertake extensive tour of the area. The true nature of the plans of the department will be revealed only by the visit, which will be useful in making the plans more effective.
He said, he himself will visit the rural areas. He said that maximum number of people should get the benefits of the schemes. It is necessary for all of us to work together so that the effective way of implementing them may be more and better. The officers should maintain a lively dialogue with the employees on the problems faced during the work at the local level and the efforts made to solve them.
Governor Patel said that the root cause of the problem of malnutrition is neglect in the family towards the health of adolescent girls and pregnant women. Referring to the discussion with the doctor who studied the situation of different countries in relation to malnutrition, he said that if the deficiency of blood is taken care of by checking the health of the woman during pregnancy itself, then the main problem of malnutrition in children, anaemia can be cured.
