Cradle set up in Sangareddy to save abandoned baby girls
District Welfare Officer Radha Padmavathi said they decided to place the cradle as two children were abandoned at different places in the Patancheru Assembly constituency in the last three months
Sangareddy: As a number of girl children were abandoned across the Sangareddy district during the last couple of years, the District Welfare Department had placed a secrete cradle on the premises of Sishugriha in Sangareddy for people to leave or drop off their ‘unwanted’ baby girls.
District Welfare Officer Radha Padmavathi said they decided to place the cradle as two children were abandoned at different places in the Patancheru Assembly constituency in the last three months. Since ants had bitten a baby badly, the child was admitted to a hospital for three months to save her. To avoid such incidents in the future, the Welfare Department placed the cradle to help people leave ‘unwanted’ babies.
Naming ceremony held for abandoned girls
In an attempt to spread a message on girl child protection, government employees from various departments in Sangareddy district and an NGO Citizen’s Forum performed Baarasala (cradle ceremony) for two abandoned girls at Sishugriha in Sangareddy town on Wednesday.
Noted Doctor Chakrapani, Sangareddy, Jail Superintendent N Shiva Kumar Goud, junior lecturer K Krishna Kumar, and anaesthetist Dr Shankar Babu joined hands to take up various activities to spread a strong message to society on girl child protection.
They invited several women officers including District Revenue Officer Radha Ramani, Excise Superintendent D Gayathri and District Welfare Officer Padmavathi for the cradle ceremony. The officers presented new clothes to all the inmates of Sishugriha and its staff. They had lunch with them on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Radha Ramani said women had proved competent in all the fields across the globe. Saying that there would be no future for the human race unless the girl child is well protected, she said it was everyone’s responsibility to work for the protection of girls. Several philanthropists had presented the clothes, fruits, biscuits and other essentials to Sishugriha on this occasion.
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