The District Legal Service Authority (DLSA), Rayagada under thechairmanship of District and Session Judge Biswajit Das recently conducted a workshop on value of girl child against the backdrop of growing crimes of acid attack and female foeticide.
Judge Das, who inaugurated and presided over the workshop, briefly highlighted on the contribution of women to a family, a society and how they can have access to equal rights.
Secretary of DLSA Hrushikesh Sahu elaborated on the ill effects of female foeticide on society and stressed upon the rights of the girl children.
Senior Dewani Magistrate Rudra Prasad Mohapatra vividly emphasized on the laws related to prevention of acid attacks and rehabilitation of acid attack victims.
Gramya Nyayadhikari Baishali Nayak and Magistrate(Class-II) Habibul Raheman elaborated the reasons, solutions and punishments for acid attacks.
Registrar Sunanda Padhi said about the negative impact created on the society by female foeticide considered as a social evil.
“Though Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994, was enacted and brought into operation from January 1, 1996, in order to check female foeticide and to prohibit determination and disclosure of the sex of foetus, female foeticide still continues in several forms,” tribal leader Bidulata Huika.
She further said the illicit nexus among the diagnostic centres and the monitoring authorities are well known. Pro-active step by the judiciary, which is increasingly becoming pro-people, will certainly change the mindset of the young people, she said, adding, in Rayagada, particularly in tribal villages, the sex-ratio is very high.