India, Feb. 11 -- Odisha's Kendrapara district official on Wednesday visited an Anganwadi centre that has remained non-functional for nearly three months after villagers objected to the appointment of a Dalit woman as a helper, giving them three days to resolve the issue and urging them to send their children and collect Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) rations.

Kendrapara sub-collector Arun Kumar Nayak visited the centre in Nuagaon village under Ghadiaamal gram panchayat in Rajnagar block along with Rajnagar tehsildar Jisukrishna Das and district social welfare officer Arabinda Ray to discuss the matter with villagers. However, the villagers refused to meet him.

The centre in Nuagaon village under Ghadiaamal gram panchayat ...