The district administration on Saturday set up an anganwadi in one of the temporary shelters installed at Irsalwadi, which was hit by a landslide earlier this month. The formerly bare walls of the tin structure were decorated with colourful charts to turn it into a classroom for 13 children who survived the calamity, all of them between three to six years of age. Parents of these preschool children were seen completing the admission process and were getting their wards registered for the session that will be operational from Monday.

“We have placed orders for uniforms for the children, and from Monday, lessons will start. We have already arranged for teachers and attendants to take care of the children. Also, take-home rations will be provided to the students, other than midday meals and food grains as per the government schemes for them,” said CH Rajput, Assistant Block Development Officer (ABDO), Khalapur Zilla Parishad.