Bhojpur DM Flags off Nutrition Awareness Rath

Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Ara : Bhojpur District Magistrate Roushan Kushwaha flagged off the ‘Nutrition Awareness Rath’ on September 5, 2019, to create awareness among  the people about nutrition and make the society healthy. The Aanganwadi Sevikas formed a human chain around Ramana Maidan and took out procession that passed through the main thoroughfares of the town for the same reason on September 5.

Bhojpur DM Roushan Kushwaha said that healthy family and society could be made only by improving healthy food habit. He said that September is being celebrated as Nutrition Month this year for the purpose. He said that different programmes would be organised at Aanganwadi Centres in which participants from nine departments will take part and a seminar will also be organised at Ara on the topic highlighting the importance of nutrition. The DM further said that the theme of the year is “Outer Cereal’. He added that children between 6 month to 2 years should be administered outer meal in addition to breast feeding for their mental and physical development.