The district administration, Nainital, has asked the officials concerned to organise health awareness camps in Okhalkanda and Betalghat blocks keeping in view the decreasing male-female sex ratio in these areas.
The district administration also directed the officials concerned of the Health Department to place ultrasound centres across the district. Strong legal action will be taken against such ultrasound centres which fail to provide necessary documents during investigation, asserted an official of the district administration.
Taking the decreasing sex ration in Okhalkanda and Betalghat blocks seriously, the district administration asked the officials concerned to organise regular health awareness camps in these blocks. At the same time, the administration also asked the officials of the district health department to involve local representatives in these heath awareness camps so that the awareness message could be spread out in a big way.
There should not be any discrimination between a girl and boy. All are equal in the modern society. So, all have to be educated to prevent female feticide, added the officials.
Emphasising on the need to strictly deal with those ultrasound centre owners who are found indulging in illegal act like female feticide, the district administration also announced that a reward of Rs 10,000 would be given to anybody who gives information about these in unlawful activities.Name of such person would be kept secret, added the officials concerned.Officials further disclosed that there are around 49 ultrasound centres across the district as on July 2, 2014 out of which as many as 37 centres are presently working in Haldwani followed by Nainital with seven and Ramnagar with five ultrasound centres, added the officials.