Delhi to strengthen rules against female foeticide: Dikshit

New Delhi: July 11, 2011

Expressing concern over the growing gender imbalance, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that her government will make the rules more stringent to punish those involved in female foetcide. Terming the skewed sex ratio an offshoot of female foeticide, Dikshit said: "The government is planning to impose a heavy fine and strict punishment for such incidents. It is essential to save girl child at any cost. The society will have to intensify campaign so that the ratio of girls and boys could be made even."

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