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Kota (Rajasthan), May 25
The Poshan Vatikas or nutri gardens set up under a pilot project to supply nutrient food to the Sahariya tribal population in Baran district in Rajasthan are withering away due to scarcity of water and lack of care during the coronavirus lockdown.
At least 55 nutri gardens were created in anganwadi centres 30 in Kishanganj and the rest in Shahabad in July last year as part of a drive under the nutrition mission POSHAN Abhiyaan.
But only a little over 20 such gardens are currently sustaining as others have suffered badly from scarcity of water in the area. The ongoing lockdown has further worsened the situation with anganwadi centres being shut and the staff attached to them being engaged in the drive against COVID-19.