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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Magisterial probe ordered into Goa nightclub fire; FIR lodged against owner, GM
Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire at a nightclub which claimed 25 lives.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said an FIR has been lodged against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub and they would be arrested.
The fire broke out at Birch by Romeo Lane after midnight. The popular party venue at Arpora village, located around 25 km from the state capital Panaji, opened last year.
CM Sawant, in a post on X, said, "I am closely reviewing the situation arising from the tragic fire incident at Arpora, in which 25 people have lost their lives and six have been injured."
"All six injured persons are in a stable condition and are receiving the best medical care. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident to identify the cause and fix responsibility," he said.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said the police have registered an FIR against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub, and they would be arrested.
He said this is the first time that such an incident has happened in Goa.
A preliminary inquiry has indicated that the fire started on the first floor of the club, and due to congestion and small doors, the customers could not move out, the CM said.
"Some of them rushed to the ground floor and got trapped there," he said.
