State Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi convened the supervisory board of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 at medical, health and family welfare directorate in Dehradun on Thursday.
After expressing concern over the decreasing sex ratio of girl child between 0-6 year, Negi said that the sex ratio is reported to be decreased in the five districts of the State and department officials should take effective measures to tightened noose on those medical practitioners who are involved in the sex determination of the foetus.
Negi also stressed on the need of creating awareness among the masses on sex determination through street plays and other important means of communication.
Negi also instructed officials to take stringent action including sealing of the ultrasound centres against those ultrasound centres who are indulge in the sex determination of foetus.
He also told officials to ensure the involvement of ASHA workers, ANA and other health workers for improving sex ratio in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
According to him, involvement of spiritual leaders should be ensured for keeping a tab on sex determination and also instructed officials to improve the sex ratio which is 886 in the State.
NRHM Director D Senthil Pandiyan said that district magistrates of every district would be told to take effective steps to improve sex ratio in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
He said that strict departmental action would be surely taken against those who are indulged in the sex determination of foetus in any parts of the State and ensured that sex ratio will improve in the coming days.
MlA Sarita Arya, Vijaya Barathwal, Chief Medical Officer of Dehradun, Dr Gurupal Singh, Director Geeta Balodi, Sadhna Sharma, Archana Srivastava, Dr Saroj Naithani and many more were also present in the meeting.