Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and government officials inspected anganwadi centres across the Capital on Saturday.
Mr. Kejriwal visited two anganwadi centres in east Delhi’s Shakarpur and checked food being served to children there. He also checked attendance registers and kitchens.
Mr. Sisodia asked the officials to mention phone numbers of parents of children enrolled with anganwadi centres. He also ordered the officials to submit the inspection reports at the earliest.
Around 800 officials participated in the exercise.
Later, Mr. Kejriwal said the inspections were carried out after the government found irregularities at some of the centres.
“We came to know that there are some anganwadi centres which are only on paper. There are few anganwadi centres which are doing good work, but there is a need for improvement at some centres,” the Chief Minister told journalists.
Six officials fired
Earlier this month, Mr. Sisodia had ordered to terminate the services of six officials of three anganwadi centres in east Delhi after he found “gross irregularities” during an inspection.
He had found that fake attendance records of children were being maintained at the centres and had appealed to the public to report any such irregularity at anganwadi centres to the government.
