Case
Details of File Number: 19835/24/47/2013
Name
of the Complainant: DR. LENIN RAGHUVANSHI, SECRETARY GENERAL
Complainant
Address: PEOPLES VIGILANCE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SA 4/2 A,
DAULATPUR,Varanasi
Status
: Action Taken On 14/09/2018
Action
Taken:
These
proceedings shall be read in continuation with the earlier proceedings dated
09.02.2018 and 10.05.2018. Commission directed Government of UP to make over on
the spot enquiry regarding the cause of imbalance in the sex ratio in the
region of Bundalkhand and shall take immediate steps to check the female
foeticides. The Chief Secretary was directed to submit the action taken report
within three months. A joint report of Chief Medical Officer, SP & DM
Lalitpur has been filed on dated 28.6.2018 The report reveals that to eradicate
the social evil in which Dalit Women carry their shoes in hands when they move
in front of the elderly and upper caste people, various programmes were
organized in which Sampoorn Samadhan Diwas was celebrated at the district level
Samadhan Diwas at P.S. Level Thana was celebrated. The Social Welfare Deptt. as
well as Women, Social Welfare Programmes were initiated like melas/ programmes/
meetings were held to aware the people and women against the social evil in
which Dalit Women carry their shoes in front of elderly and upper caste people.
No complaint has been received from anyone regarding this evil practice. The
report also reveals that DM organized from May 2017 to June 2018 186 Janchaupal
involving many villages. In these Janchaupal huge numbers of men and women
participated from different villages, caste, community etc. and awareness for
eradication of Social evil was held and no complaint was received. Hence this
evil practice has been completely eradicated now it is not prevalent at all.
Regarding sex determination every next month meeting is organized with private
clinics, who are having ultrasound machines and strict warning and instructions
are given to follow the PNDT Rules and regulations and not to conduct the sex
determination test. It is also submitted that Govt. has announced to Rs. 2.0
lacs to the secret informer, who informs about illegal sex determination by
clinics, hospitals, doctors etc. The awareness is created through distribution
of pamphlets, hoardings etc. Since last five years no complaint has been
received by the district administration. As per the census record in 2001 to
2011 the population of girl child has increased. The sex ratio of girl child in
2001 was 882 in 2011 it has increased to 906. Also 0-6, the number of girl
child is more than boy child. The report is taken on record. The Commission has
perused and considered the report. A detailed report has been filed. Though
awareness programmes has been conducted by the District Administration to eradicate
the evil practice of carrying shoes in hands by dalit women in front of elderly
person and upper caste and regarding imbalance of sex ratio in the region, it
is a continuous process at the large scale awareness programme has to continue
for complete ban on evil practice and to balance the sex ratio. The Commission
is of the opinion that administration should be continued with awareness
programme. The case stands closed.
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