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Kanniyakumari District Collector M. Prathap connected Saturday participated successful the peculiar ‘pink’ gram sabha gathering held astatine Madhavalayam colony successful Thovalai colony union, focusing connected the taxable of extortion and acquisition of the miss child.
Addressing the meeting, Mr. Prathap said that the information of women is continuously increasing, not lone successful the full colonisation of the country, but besides successful each spheres specified arsenic acquisition and employment. Highlighting that the literacy complaint of the state has reached 80%, helium noted that the relation of women successful this accomplishment is crucial, adding pistillate students person been consistently excelling successful school, assemblage and competitory introspection results.
Emphasising that the pistillate commencement complaint successful Thovalai area, which was astir 950 2 years ago, has present crossed 990 and is adjacent to 1,000, helium appreciated the efforts of the nationalist arsenic good arsenic officials from the societal payment department, wellness department, acquisition section and Women Self Help Groups (SHGs).
He further said that the people was 1,200 miss children for each 1,000 lad children, stating that the section officials should enactment unneurotic to further summation the pistillate commencement complaint successful occidental parts of the district.
Stressing the request for the abolition of kid marriage, Mr. Prathap said that the State authorities has been implementing assorted measures for the payment and extortion of the miss child.
During the meeting, the Collector besides issued instructions to beryllium followed successful presumption of dengue fever preparedness successful the district, including covering containers successful households and often changing the h2o stored down the refrigerator.
District Social Welfare Officer Vijayameena, Assistant Collector (training) Monika and respective different officials were present.
