Mumbai: To make breast-feeding easier for government employees, Maharashtra government has decided to construct a separate room and a cradle for children at the state secretariat and other government offices.

"I have directed the concerned departments to ensure there are separate rooms constructed in state secretariat and all other large government offices that can be used by breast-feeding women to feed their children without any disturbance," State Women and Child Welfare minister Pankaja Munde told reporters here today.