We have started our first Seva Kutir in Khalwa block of Khandwa district in October 2020. There are 147 villages in this block. This block is infamous for malnourishment and deaths due to malnutrition. It has 75 percent Korku tribal population and remaining are from the Gond tribe. It borders Melghat region of Maharashtra which also is demographically similar and also similarly lagging in health and nutritional indices. The two states are separared by the Tapti river in this region.
We sent a team headed by one of our District Anchors to survey the area, meet village community, Sarpanchs and the government officials. Our team identified and finalized the venues for starting Seva Kutirs, all of which have been given free of cost by the villagers, as they are very keen for having Seva Kutirs in their villages. At present, we have 18 Seva Kutirs and we and we plan to set up at least 50 Seva Kutirs here in the next one year.
