India News | Eunuchs Adopt Aganwadi Centre in MP's Panna, Earn Praise from CM

Bhopal, Feb 26 (PTI) A group of eunuchs has adopted an aganwadi centre - a child care facility - in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, earning praise from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

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"Some eunuchs have adopted aganwadi centre number 17 in Panna district of impoverished Bundelkhand region of the state," an official of the MP public relations department said.

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"Kinnar samaj's (eunuchs') step to adopt an aganwadi is praiseworthy and wonderful," Chouhan said in a statement.

Thanking them for their noble gesture, the chief minister said their endeavour would help improve the facility.

Last month, while addressing a function here, Chouhan had made an appeal to the affluent people in the society to come forward and adopt anganwadi centres.

"A person who is well-off should adopt an anganwadi and help in providing nutritious diet to children. I have adopted two such facilities," Chouhan had said.

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