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Street plays spread awareness against female foeticide

KANPUR: The district health authorities, with an NGO, organised small plays outside the Ursala Horseman Hospital and in various city slums on Wednesday. The plays were staged as part of 'Beti Bachao Abhiyaan' to spread mass awareness that female foeticide is a heinous crime.

Despite unfavourable, cold weather conditions, hundreds of people gathered around and watched the street play (nukkad natak) outside the hospital. The play sent a strong a strong message to the masses that baby girls should not be killed or abandoned.

Suresh Gupta, an artiste in the play, said that people should stop sex determination of foetuses and treat boys and girls as equal. Meanwhile, following the movement of save the girl child, a special task team of chief medical officer (CMO) raided nearly 20 ultrasound centres which were privately operating or working as a part of any hospital or nursing home in the city.

Though the health officials claimed that no irregularities were detected at the ultrasound centres, sources hinted that two of the total five ultrasound centres were found violating the norms of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Sex Determination Test (PC&PNDT) Act. 

SOURCE: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Street-plays-spread-awareness-against-female-foeticide/articleshow/11547790.cms