Terrible malnutrition among UP children! Chitrakoot at number three in the country, more than 50 children dwarf in Anganwadi centers -Lucknow News has influenced the growth of more than 50 percent children in UP Anganwadi centers

More than 50% of the Anganwadi centers in 34 districts suffer from dwarf. Chitrakoot district is third in the country in this case. According to the report of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra is at the top. The state government has launched a possible campaign to reduce malnutrition, which has shown positive results, but the situation of many districts remains alarming. Amit Yadav, Lucknow. Five -year -old children are victims of dwarf of zero in 34 districts of Uttar Pradesh enrolled in Anganwadi centers. The level of dwarf in these districts is more than 50 percent. Chitrakot district of the state is third in the country with 59.58 percent children. Savitri Thakur, Minister of State and Child Development, revealed in parliament on July 25 in the information given in response to the questions of the CPI -LP Sudama Prasad of Bihar and TDP -LP SRI Bharat Mathukumali. According to the report presented by Savitri Thakur in parliament, the district of Nandurbar of Maharashtra number two with 68.12 percent and the Paschim Singhbhum district Jharkhand at number one with 59.48 percent. The Union Minister said in his answer that 7.36 Crore children across the country were registered in Anganwadi and Nutrition Tracker by June 2025. Of these, seven crore children were taken length and weight data. In this data, it has been found that more than 50 percent of children are dwarf in 13 states and trade union areas across the country. It is worrying that 34 out of 63 are Uttar Pradesh districts. This is Sarneet Kaur Broka, director of the Department of Child Development Services and Emotion, recently claimed in a report that the rate of iron, anemia and malnutrition was recorded in children in the state. According to the May-25 report of NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey-5), there was a 4 percent decrease in rapid malnutrition in the year 2019-21 and 20 percent in the rate of minority children. Under the possible campaign 4.0, the status of malnutrition was monitored in the children of 0-6 years of state, which caused the rate of intense malnutrition in the year 2019-21 according to NFHS-5 statistics of 2019-21, was 17.3%, which, according to the Nutrition tractor, dropped to May-25. Similarly, in the year 2019-21, the rate of minority children was 34.5 percent, which dropped at 20.0 percent according to the Nutrition Treaker report by May 2025. According to the director, the government launched a possible campaign on July 7. Unnao, Kaushambi, Mainpuri, Sultanpur, Ghazipur, Barabanki, Pilibhit, Badaun, Pratapgarh, Gonda, Sidarthnagar, Hardoi, Fatehpur, Agra, Lalitpur, Mahhaoba, Lucknow, Rahabareli, Rahabari, Rahabari, Rahabareli, Rahabari, Rahabari, Lucknow. Dwarfity (%) Low weight (%) Acute MalnoSfriends (%) Chitrakot 59.44 7.20 7.20 Banda 59.33 29.60 5.38 Sambhal 56.79 22.93 4.37 4.37 4.37 FIROZABAD 56.37 20.66 3.84 3.84 JAUNPUR 54.89 22.54 54.54 5.63 Hampur 54.89 22.54 54.54.54 5.63 HAMPUR 54.89 22.54 54.54.54 5.63 54.72 24.724.43 6.16 54.49 20.15 3.38 AmroHA 53.76 23.99 5.68 Sitapur 53.58 19.51 4.03 etah 53.47 19.50 Figure percentage.)