Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that a nutrition garden (kitchen garden) will be built in every government school by convergence of MNREGA. If there is no place in schools, kitchen garden can be made at other places in the village. Now name of kitchen gardens will be ‘Maa ki Bagiya’.

 

Full contribution of students should be taken in the cleanliness of school and the development and conservation of the Maa ki Bagiya. CM was addressing after dedication of 2500 kitchen sheds and 7100 kitchen gardens constructed in the state from Minto Hall (Bhopal) on Thursday. Additional Chief Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Shri Manoj Shrivastava was present in the programme.

 

He said, “Earlier, children used to give their full contribution to cleanliness and progress of schools. We used to sweep in our school. There is no shame in the work of school hygiene etc. Students should do this.” He added that purpose of making a nutrition garden in school is to provide fresh and good vegetables to children for mid-day meals.