To create awareness about the female infanticide and women empowerment, a women’s rally was organised here on Friday.
The rally was organised by Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan was flagged off by former president of State Women’s Commission Sushila Baluni and City BJP President Neelam Sehgal from Saharanpur Road.The Awareness rally meandered through Railway station, Dhamawala, Paltan Bazar, Clock tower and culminated at Mangla Inter College Rajpur Road.The participants in the rally held placards and posters which highlighted the importance of the girls in the society.
The convener of the rally Arunima Bharti said that women should take a leading role in the removing the ills of the society.She said that a United Nations report suggest that in India more than 7000 unborn girls are killed in foetus every day due to which the sex ratio in our country is highly skewed.She attributed the rising crimes against women to the declining sex ratio. She said that there are many misconceptions in our society which result in the most heinous practice of the female infanticide.