Cracking its whip against the clinics conducting sex determination of foetuses in the capital, Delhi Government has cancelled the registration of 43 radiology and genetic clinics and sealed 11 machines since April this year.
“Since April, the Revenue department has conducted inspections in 299 places to check for violations of PC&PNDT Act during which 96 show cause notices were issued and 38 complaints were investigated,” Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Ankur Garg said.
The raids were conducted by the Deputy Commissioners and Sub-divisional Magistrates. Besides cancelling 43 registrations, the Government also filed cases against five violators.