Divisional Commissioner Sonmoni Borah on Tuesday chaired a meeting on effective monitoring of the Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act and on prevention of female foeticide and effective implementation of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme.
Apart from district collectors of the division, all chief medical and health officers (CMHOs), civil surgeons, District Nodal Health Officer for the PNDT Act, district project managers, sub divisional magistrates and other senior officials attended the meeting.
According to sources, a presentation was given on the monitoring of all the Government and private Sonography machines by connecting through a unique device ‘Active Tracker’.
‘Active Tracker’ is a system and method using information technology to curb female foeticide and implementation of the Pre Conception PNDT Act effectively.
The solution resolves the problem of under reporting and false reporting and provides intellectual system to the authorities to track, monitor and generate vital evidence and also assist the Genetic Centers from breaching of rules of the Act.