Archit Watts
Tribune News Service
Muktsar, May 26
After a report titled ‘Anganwaris get poor quality sugar’ appeared in these columns of The Tribune, the local office of the Department of Social Security and Women and Child Welfare Department today got the fresh stock of 80 bags of sugar as replacement to supply among children of needy families and pregnant women.
Pankaj Kumar, Child Development and Project Officer (CDPO), Muktsar, said, “In Muktsar, we have 200 bags of wet sugar and Morinda Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd has replaced our 80 bags today. We will soon distribute it to the anganwari centres as a replacement.”
He added, “Earlier, in the previous report, I had erroneously said the sugar was supplied by Markfed. However, Markfed has no role in supplying the sugar to us. It was actually supplied by Sugarfed.” It was highlighted in the report that the sugar supplied to some anganwari centres was moist and had lumps. Some anganwari workers had said the sugar was unfit for human consumption.
Poor quality sugar replaced in Muktsar
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