DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to Government of Haryana, Health Department, Sh. Sudhir Rajpal Constituted the State Task Force (STF). The members of State Task Force includes Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), Director General Health Services (DGHS) Haryana, Director General Women and Child Development, Director General AYUSH, Director of Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT), Health Department, State Drug Controller and Police Department.

Dr. Virender Yadav, Director, NHM, is the convenor of STF. STF conducts reviews and field visits every Tuesday.

Dr. Virender Yadav while sharing information said, "STF is strictly implementing the PC&PNDT Act in the state, as result registrations of 300 out of 1500 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) centres in Haryana have been cancelled or voluntarily withdrawn.

Notices have been issued to 23 MTP Centres this week, explaining the reasons for their closure. First Information Reports (FIR) have been filed against 17 online MTP kit sellers in the past two months.

Additionally, 23 PNDT raids have been conducted in the last three months, and these centres have been closed. Further, Nodal Officer, PNDT of district Hisar has been suspended and show cause notices have been issued to Senior Medical Officer (SMO) in-charges of 12 Community Health Centres (CHC) Nahar in district Rewari, Tosham in district Bhiwani, Danoda in district Jind, Kunjpura in district Karnal, Tauru in ditrict Nuh, Tigaonin district Faridabad, Bhattu Kalan in district Fatehabad, Ateli in district Mahendergarh, Ukalana in district Hisar, Badopal in district Fatehabad, Nissing in district Karnal and Ladwa in district Kurukshetra with low sex ratio and they will be charge sheeted if their reply is found unsatisfactory.

The SMO in-charges of 03 CHCs with lowest sex ratio to be charge sheeted.

Further, PNDT Nodal Officers of 05 districts Charkhi Dadri, Rewari, Rohtak, Gurugram and Faridabad with lowest sex ratio in the state have been changed with immediate effect. Civil Surgeon, Hissar is preparing to lodge criminal case and FIR against the tout Ms Usha involved in illegal abortion.

(editor@dailyworld.in)