hubli dont be surprised if you spot your neighbourhood anganwadi teachers lugging along pots of water to classrooms from the public tap before the children troop in most anganwadi centres in the district have no access to drinking water forcing the staff to fetch it from ponds and even neighbours houses the state government has to ensure that children at anganwadis between the ages of three and six are given clean drinking water besides milk served three times a week and food there 392 anganwadi centres in hublidharwad 224 in navalgund 212 in kundagol and 235 in kalghatagi but 85 of anganwadis in hublidharwad are not run from exclusive centres ditto the case with 65 in navalgund 60 in kundagol and around 60 in kalghatagi such anganwadis are often run from temples community halls zilla panchayat buildings and government schools since not many of these buildings have water connections anganwadis bear the brunt of it explains a staff member of an anganwadi centre in dharwad we have to fetch water from ponds or wait for water to come in public taps and store it for two to three days as we only have a temporary shelter we dont even have enough pots to store water this puts us through a lot of trouble while preparing milk and food it is also embarrassing to ask neighbours for water says an anganwadi teacher from kundagol n a puttannavar child development project officer cdpo dharwad anganwadi centres incharge says the problem is more acute in kundagol and navalgund taluks as staff members are completely dependent on pond water to meet the daily drinking water requirements the process to set up a mini water tank at each centre in kundagol is under way once this work is over anganwadi centres will have sufficient water says f i patrennavar cdpo kundagol p a meghannavar chief executive officer of the zilla panchayat says measures to address the problem are being taken officers have been instructed to provide water to 250 centres in the district on a priority basis by the end of january