Child sex ratio in Vizag on decline

by Unknown on Sunday, 31 March 2013

Visakhapatnam: While the child sex ratio of Vizag as per the latest 2011 population Census has dropped to 959 girls per 1000 boys compared to the figure of 976 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 Census data. Curiously the district medical and health department has not booked even a single case this year under Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic (Prevention of misuse) Techniques Act, (PC&PNDT Act).
The district medical and health department officials’ boast of conducting around 100 decoy operations, on many ultra sound scanning centres in Vizag, and have not found any violation.
There are around 60 to 70 ultra sound scanning centres, in the district, run officially and more than 30 unauthorised centres. Read More

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