Assam: Dibrugarh Observes National Girl Child Day at Dr. John Berry White Seminar Hall

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DIBRUGARH: National Girl Child Day was observed jointly by the District Health Society and the Additional Chief Medical and Health officer at the Dr John Berry White Seminar Hall, Dibrugarh today.

The program started with an awareness rally in Dibrugarh city, where nursing students, ASHA workers, and other health staff participated.

In the awareness meeting, Dr Arunima Das, Subdivisional Medical and Health Officer and Dr Utpala Baruah, Medical Officer, Urban SD, spoke about the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign which was launched on 22 January 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dr Amrit Baruah, retired joint director of health services, said that the main objective of the campaign is to stop the growing discrimination against girls and promote their education.

Under this campaign, the government has launched many schemes for girls, such as the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, which aims to provide financial security to girls for their future. The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign has made many efforts to change social attitudes towards girls.

The meeting concluded with an appeal by the Addl Chief Medical and Health Officer to increase awareness on education of girl child in the society. He informed that the health department has started a mass awareness miking by MMU in the tea gardens of the district from today by using audio clips and people have been made aware of the rights of girls and the importance of their education.

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