Newborn girl found abandoned in Rajasthan
July 7th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANSJaipur, July 7 (IANS) A newborn girl was found abandoned in a railway crossing control room in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district, police said Wednesday.
A passerby noticed the girl after he heard her crying. The police were informed and the girl was rushed to a hospital in Dungarpur, some 500 km from here.
“We have launched investigations and registered a case against an unidentified woman,” a police officer told IANS.
Rajasthan has recently been in news for increasing cases of female foeticide and female infanticide.
According to Census 2011, Rajasthan has 883 girls between the age of 0-6 for every 1,000 boys. The child sex ratio in 2001 was 909.
Alarmed over the state’s skewed sex ratio, the state government recently announced steps to curb pre-natal sex determination tests at ultrasound clinics.
The steps include increasing the number of health department inspection teams and equipping them with devices like hidden cameras and voice recorders.
The state government has also increased the amount of money given to a person who complains about errant ultrasound clinics.
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