Clean Girl Friend campaign in DK schools from July

Vartha Bharati | 22-06-2018 | 19:25:00 IST

Mangaluru, June 22: Awareness campaign for girl students of Dakshina Kannada district about cleanliness during menstruation and waste disposal will commence from July.

This campaign will run for 10 months said Dr. M.R Ravi, chief executive officer of DK district municipal while addressing a programme jointly organised by DK district municipal, Mangaluru Swachh Bharat mission and district support division.

The campaign is aimed at girl students of 6th and 7th standard. There are 30,734 girl students studying in 1,182 government, aided and unaided schools in the district. These students will be divided into teams of 10 to 25. The total number of teams will be 1,604 to which equal number of NSS workers will provide counselling about menstruation and waste disposal, he said.

Menstruation waste management needs government support

18.55 per cent of pads and napkins that are used during menstruation are being buried under mud. 24.84 per cent waste is disposed through waste disposal vehicles. 14.03 per cent is dumped into toilets. 29.52 per cent people burn these wastes in bathroom kilns. 13.01 per cent people throw it to streams or at some other places. Though these are not the scientific ways of waste disposal, burning and burying are considered as permissible. But the incinerator that are used for burning are costly. At present 140 schools in the district have these incinerators. To install this mechanism at homes government help is needed, M.R Ravi explained.  

As per 2011 census the total number of women in the district is 10,54,935. Out of them 4,76,800 women are in the age group of 11 years to 49. 3,81,440 women including students use pads or napkins. Every month over all 30,51,520 pads or napkins are used in the district.

Speaking after inaugurating the seminar, district municipal president Meenakshi Shanti God said that, girls often feel mental depression and become vulnerable to various diseases during menstruation. There is a need to create awareness among girls and bring confidence in them.

District municipal standing committee president Anitha Hemanath released the booklet Clean Friend.

District municipal member Mamatha Gatti, Manjula Mave, Shahul Hameed, Sucharita Shetty, Vinod Bollur were present on the dias.

Prameela Sekhar, Dr. Poornima Bhat, Dr. Shrinivas Bhat were present as resource persons. District Municipal vice secretary N.V Nayak proposed vote of thanks.

Certificates were given to the winners of Cleanliness slogan competition and Cleanliness lyrics writing and singing competition held as a part of the campaign.

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Time has come to implement Women's Reservation Act: PM Modi's letter to LS, RS floor leaders

12-04-2026 ¦ 12-04-2026 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI)

New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the time has come for the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act in its true spirit and the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections are conducted with the quota for women in place.

In a letter to the floor leaders of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, ahead of the three-day special sittings of Parliament, Modi also asked all members to come together in one voice to pass the amendments to the women's reservation law, officially known as Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.

"After extensive deliberations, we have reached the conclusion that the time has now come to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in its true spirit across the country.

"It is imperative that the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections are conducted with women's reservation in place," the Prime Minister said in his letter dated April 11.

The Budget Session of Parliament has been extended, and a special three-day sitting of the House has been convened on April 16 to 18.

The Women's Reservation Act will ensure an increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816, of which 273 will be reserved for women.

The provision to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was brought by amending the Constitution in 2023.

However, the women's quota would have come into effect only after the completion of the delimitation exercise on the basis of the 2027 Census. This meant the reservation would not have become enforceable before 2034 if the present law remains as is.

To implement it from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, changes were needed in the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam; hence, the government is holding a special session to pass the amendments to the law.