The state may be infamous for its skewed sex ratio of 824 females per 1,000 males, but some in this town tried to make a difference with a special Lohri celebration dedicated to all daughters.At the special celebration 'Lohri Beti Ke Naam' (Lohri in the name of the daughter) organised here Thursday by the National Integrated Forum of Artistes and Activists (NIFAA), 2,100 girls, all aged below o
ne year and most in prams, came with their mothers.
Film directors Mahesh Bhatt and Satish Kaushik also attended the celebrations of the harvest festival to promote the cause for the
girl child and the campaign against female foeticide.
Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia sa
id every effort must be made to contain the
adverse sex ratio in the state. He regretted that despite efforts in the recent years, the sex ratio of girls in Haryana remained low.
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