Kakching: The District Administration Kakching, in collaboration with the District Programme Officer (DPO), ICDS Cell, Kakching, organized an awareness programme and plantation drive under the 10th Edition of the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” (BBBP) scheme at Pangantabi Makha Leikai Community Hall on Monday.
The programme is conducted to raise awareness on gender equality, protection and education of the girl child and the legal provisions under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act, 1994 to curb sex-selection.
Dr. Thaodem Rajen Singh, CMO Kakching attended the programme as the Chief Guest, Moirangthem Amubi Devi as the Guest of Honour, Ningthoujam Parango Singh, DPO/CDPO, Kakching as President and Wairokpam Hemabati, District Public Health Nursing Officer, Kakching as Resource Person.
Wairokpam Hemabati, District Public Health Nursing Officer, Kakching spoke on PC-PNDT Act, 1994 which bans sex selection before or after conception. She explained how the Act regulates pre-natal diagnostic techniques to detect genetic and metabolic disorders, chromosomal abnormalities and congenital malformations and to prevent sex determination leading to female foeticide.
Moirangthem Bimola, Supervisor spoke about the Skill Development and awareness convergence with the Department of Skill development and Entrepreneurship, stressing the importance of vocational training to become self-reliant.
Nandita Ngangbam, in her keynote address, explained the objectives of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme, which is an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that focuses on preventing gender-biased sex selection, ensuring the survival and protection of the girl child, promoting education and empowerment.
A total of 160 participants, including adolescent girls, participated in the awareness programme and gift items were distributed to 78 adolescent girls.
As a part of the programme, a plantation drive was conducted by the officials at Pangantabi Makha Leikai.
