Hyderabad, May 29 -- The Telangana government will launch the Indiramma Amrutham Scheme on Thursday, May 28.

The scheme focuses on preventing anaemia in girls. The latest scheme has a tagline "Let's empower girls.. Let's build a healthy Telangana.

The scheme aims to provide nutritious food to girls aged 14 to 18 every day through Anganwadi centres.

However, this scheme will be implemented as a pilot project in Bhadradri Kothagudem, Komuram Bheem Asifabad and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts. Minister Seethakka will launch this scheme in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

As part of the scheme, the government will provide 30 chikkis in two instalments to each girl per month. Each chikki will contain 600 calories, 18 to 20 grams of protein...