District Administration committed for welfare of girl child: ADC (Development) Sandeep Kumar

Ludhiana:     Taking a big leap towards women empowerment, the Capt Amarinder Singh led Punjab government has already dedicated January month to the girl child. A slew of activities are being organised across the state and the district level “Dheeiyan Di Lohri” function was organised at Ludhiana on January 18, 2021.

    A district-level function on the occasion of International Girl Child Day would be organised in the premises of District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises, Partap Chowk, here tomorrow. Cabinet Minister Mr Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria would be the chief guest on the occasion, while Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh would join through video conferencing.

    Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Mr Sandeep Kumar informed that the District Administration is committed for welfare of girl child in our district. He said that to ensure maximum participation of the families of newly born girls in the district level “Dheeiyan Di Lohri” function, the District Administration had identified 452 new born girls from areas falling under Ludhiana city, out of which 61 were honoured during this function.

    He informed that the families of 61 girl childs were honoured during the district-level function on January 18, 2021. He informed that due to government directions regarding Covid 19, the District Administration could not invite all of them in this function and that is why, the officials are visiting door to door and honouring such families. The families are being honoured with baby kits containing baby blankets, a photo frame, sweets and some other goodies along with congratulatory letters penned and signed by the Chief Minister.
    

He said that the Punjab government would also start providing free sanitary pads to all girl students of high schools and colleges besides those residing in rural areas, especially the slums across the state. He hoped that such steps would inculcate a sense of self confidence among these girls.

    District Programme Officer Mr Gulbahar Singh informed that during the peak of Covid 19, Aanganwari and Asha workers used to visit all households located in urban and rural areas of the district and interacted with adolescent girls aged between 11-14. He said that these girls were educated about Child Marriage Act, Domestic Violence Act, about health and nutrition, anaemia, career counselling, importance of using sanitary pads etc. He informed that to reduce the school dropout rate amongst girl students, the Aanganwari Workers and officials from the education department also visit every household and motivate families about the importance of education.