A year after Nayagarh female foeticide case, girl child number goes up
Pioneer News Service
Bhubaneswar: Exactly a year back, the whole State was rocked when the rampant female foeticide incidents in Nayagarh district hit headlines. However, the number of female children in the district has remarkably increased within a year, thanks to the impact of the media hype of the cases of foeticide.
Seven female foetuses were first recovered at Duburi hills in Nayagarh, which became news in several print and electronic media. Subsequent to a series of media campaign, social activists and Government agencies swung into action and a Crime Branch probe was ordered.
Doctors involved in illegal sex determination practice were suspended and a series of raids conducted upon private nursing homes flourishing in the area.
Thankfully, after one year, a sea change was witnessed in the female sex ratio in the district. As per the present estimate of the district administration, per 1, 000 male children the number of female children has increased to 970 as against 910 during the occurrence of the incident.
Similarly, 1,988 girl children have been born in 2007-08 as against 1,546 in 2006-07, the estimate said. This clearly speaks about the change of mindset among the people of Nayagarh district, who were supposedly considering girl child as a burden for them
Date: July, 22,2008 |
