Jhajjar will become the first district in Haryana where anganwadi workers and auxiliary nursing midwives will get mobile phones to gather information on school children and pregnant women.

With the help of mobile service, records on expecting mothers and school going children would be available with the district administration, an official spokesman said on Wednesday in Jhajjhar.

The spokesman said anganwari workers and auxiliary nursing midwives would be able to send their daily progress report through SMSes.

Senior officials can also ask for progress report of villagers from time to time on mobilephone, he said.

He said it would not only help to put a check on female foeticide, but would also provide information about number of school going children, their health and feedback of immunisation program.

The mobile service would also facilitate information about births and deaths in distant areas. Necessary directions have been issued to officials of Health and WCD departments in this regard, the spokesman said.