Chhattisgarh has excelled in male sterilization. It got three national awards at a function held in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Union Minister of state for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Praveen Pawar conferred the awards.
It was the third consecutive year the state bagged the national awards for the best show in male sterilization.
This year, Dr Sanjay Nawal got the second position in the country for maximum numbers of vasectomy (male sterilization). Mitanin Kewara Verma was awarded for inspiring couples to go for sterilization.
The Deputy Director, Family Planning Programme, Dr T.K. Tondar, said in a statement that Chhattisgarh did 1,695 male sterilizations in 2019-20, 168 in 2020-21 and 1,349 during a fortnight in 2021-22.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo hailed the awardees.