Parli, June 11: Amidst the concerns of deteriorating sex ratio, nine female foetuses have been found in a drain in Maharashtra’s Beed district. Police have registered an FIR against unknown persons after the story was first reported on IBN Lokmat.
The shocking discovery comes amid concerns that Beed district has the lowest child sex ratio in Maharashtra with 801 girls per 1000 boys, while the state’s average stands at 883 girls per 1000 boys.
Beed has the lowest male-female sex ratio in the age group of 0-6 years (801 as against 1000 male children) as per the 2011 census.
Maharashtra’s sex ratio in the age group of 0-6 years is 883 girls as against 1000 boys.
The state government has announced that it is planning a massive campaign in Beed and the entire Marathwada region to curb female infanticide.
Concerned over the growing incidence of female infanticide in state’s Marathwada region and Beed district in particular, the Maharashtra government has convened a meeting on May 20 of all concerned officials in Beed to discuss crackdown on irregular activities.
The state government has decided to conduct regular inspection of sonography centres and other illegal activities where the sex of the unborn child is informed to the parents can be done under the leadership of the district collectors, informed Health Minister Suresh Shetty.
-Agencies