Clean Girl Friend campaign in DK schools from July
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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CPI(M) demands Centre's intervention to end violence in Manipur
New Delhi (PTI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday expressed concern over the situation in Manipur and demanded that the Union government intervene to end the violence.
In a statement issued here, the Politburo of the CPI(M) also held Chief Minister Biren Singh responsible for the deteriorating situation.
“A grave situation has developed in Manipur with the intensification of violence due to killings and counter-killings on ethnic lines. 20 people have been killed in various incidents since November 7,” the CPI(M) said.
The party said that the discovery of five bodies of women and children, who were abducted earlier in a horrific incident, has inflamed the situation in the Valley.
The Left party questioned why Singh had been allowed to continue in his post.
“Right from the beginning, it was Chief Minister Biren Singh who was responsible for the deteriorating situation, yet the Central government and the BJP, as the ruling party, refused to remove him and allowed him to continue,” they said.
A situation has now arisen where the writ of the state government and the administration does not run, the Left party said, adding that it is time for the Central government to strongly intervene to immediately put an end to the violence.
“It must also begin serious efforts for a political settlement that restores peace and safeguards the rights of all ethnic communities in the state,” they added.
The situation in Manipur, which has been reeling from ethnic strife since May last year, has become even more volatile following protests and violence after the recovery of the bodies of women and children.
More than 220 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between the Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and the adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May last year.
