Nutritional food awareness program was organized at the Annapurneshwari Jnana Vikasa Centre in Tadasuru, of the Tiptur taluk, under the Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project.(SKDRDP)
The program was inaugurated by the taluk’s Project Officer, Shri Uday K, by lighting a lamp. He stated that the Jnana Vikasa program provides information on topics such as education, health, law, and government schemes through resource persons every month. He expressed his happiness that everyone had participated in the nutritional food demonstration today. He also emphasized the importance of eating meals on time, consuming locally available organic vegetables and greens, and maintaining a kitchen garden at home.
During this event, Shri Mahesh, the Hassan Rural SBI Manager, and Smt. Rekha Chithij Smt. Kusuma, a counselor from the Financial Literacy Center, provided information on the importance of consuming nutritious food and the Prime Minister’s Suraksha Yojana.
The program’s resource person, Smt. Hemavathi, a health assistant, gave information on the vitamins present in each nutritious food item, how to protect one’s health with greens and vegetables, the medicinal properties of greens, and the nutritional food provided to pregnant and lactating women for issues like diabetes, anemia, and menstrual problems.
The event was attended by Bharati, a producer of indigenous products; Smt. Nagarathna, the Jnana Vikasa President for the day; Smt. Padmavathi MD, the Jnana Vikasa Coordinator; Dinesh, the supervisor; Divya, a Sevaprathinidhi; and all the members of the Annapurneshwari Centre.