KCR Nutrition Kits to be distributed across Telangana on December 21

Hyderabad: The Telangana government is all set to launch 'KCR Nutrition Kits' from Wednesday for pregnant women in nine districts of the State.

The KCR Nutrition Kits are aimed at improving the nutritional status of pregnant women, especially those who suffer from anaemia. These kits will be launched in nine districts – Adilabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Jogulamba Gadwal, Kamareddy, Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Mulugu, Nagarkurnool and Vikarabad, where anaemia deficiency among pregnant women is found to be prevalent on a large scale.

A total of 1.50 lakh pregnant women will directly benefit from the kits in these districts. The State government has made arrangements to distribute a total of 2.50 lakh kits with a cost of Rs. 50 crore.

The initiative will be formally launched at Kamareddy by Health Minister, T Harish Rao on Wednesday while local ministers will launch the initiative in the other eight districts.