SAVE GIRL CHILD-INDIA

'Save girl child’ monogram to dot all govt letters in Jaisalmer'

JAIPUR: In a novel attempt to generate awareness on female feticide and sex selection, the official letters in Jaisalmer district would now bear a 'Save the girl child' monogram.
District collector Shuchi Tyagi directed the government officials to ensure that any official correspondence through letters must bear the monogram. The collector issued directions to all offices including those of sarpanchs and gram sevaks in this regard.Tyagi also made it compulsory for women undergoing sonography to submit identity cards at the health centre, and said an order has been issued on May 11.
The order also asked health centres and hospitals to get the Form F filled before conducting such tests, and attach the woman or her husband's identity card with the form. In case both don't have identity cards, the name of the woman's father or the village sarpanch has to be mentioned. The form should also have house address and contact number.
Centres or hospitals failing to implement the directions would have to face strict action under violation of the PCPNDT Act.
The collector further said she would request Jodhpur, Barmer and Gujarat's Palanpur district administration to make submission of identity cards mandatory at sonography centres.
The rise in cases of female feticide in several villages in the district, especially those adjoining the Pakistan border, prompted the collector to take stringent steps. The administration has also identified villages where reportedly killing of female fetus is a rampant practice.
The collector and SP also visited Devda village on Friday and conducted a workshop. The village is notorious for forcing women to abort female fetuses.