Port Blair, Dec 22: Mr. Keshav Chandra, IAS, Chief Secretary, A & N Administration inaugurated the “Beti Badhai Sandesh” event at G.B. Pant Hospital by providing the baby kits, awareness pamphlets and plant pots to the 16 mothers of the new born baby girls in presence of Dr. Satyendra Singh Dursawat, IAS, Secretary (Health), Ms. Veditha Reddy, IAS Deputy Commissioner (SA), Mr. Dilkhush Meena, IAS, ADM (SA), Mr. Vinayak Chamadia, SDM (SA), Mr. Anand Vardhan Mishra, AC(S), Dr. Suja Antony, Director (Health) and other officials of DHS, ANIIMS & National Health Mission. The Chief Secretary appreciated the initiative and congratulated mothers of new born babies and requested them to ensure their good health & to provide quality education to them.
The DC (SA)/Chairperson, District Health Society, South Andaman speaking to the media stated that the “Beti Badhai Sandesh” initiative has been taken up by the District Health Society, South Andaman under National Health Mission with the aim to create a positive and joyous atmosphere around the arrival of every girl child. This initiative is to reaffirm the belief that each girl is a source of strength, resilience and has limitless potential to provide support to the family and in serving the Nation as a whole. Further, she added that it’s not just an initiative, it’s a movement towards a more inclusive and equal society. By celebrating the birth of every girl child, we are sowing the seeds for a future where gender does not limit one’s potential. The DC (SA) appealed to the public that such celebration may also organized at the community level, so that the parents of girl child may get encouraged to provide equal opportunity to their daughter in every respect.
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