We are in the age of high level technology and also our country India is developing in a fast pace. Everywhere we see some developments and activities happening thus confirming that we are growing. (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beti_Bachao,_Beti_Padhao_Yojana)
The Government of India have also taken initiatives for the development related to improving of health infrastructure, Information and Technology, Industrial sector etc. for the betterment of the citizen of India. Recently we have witnessed an historical initiative by our Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi about “Clean India” campaign which was a step to make out country clean with the cooperation of the citizens of the country. In the sequence of developmental activities the GOI have also started “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign” which is focused towards Save girl child, educate girl child is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women.
It looks very much handsome that the government is taking such a good initiative for the girl child regarding to their education and development. The Government have made the laws also to safeguard this weaker vessel so that they can grow be happy and also live their life as per their own will. All these concepts work only when we the citizen of India will come forward and work together hand to hand with the programs made by GOI.
Recently I have visited a place called Raipur Naka, located in Durg District of Chhattisgarh State, India. This place is a slum area and I have found many small girls (6-9 years) were carrying the containers in their head filled of drinking water as they have to support their family members (see the pictures of girl child carrying containers filled with drinking water) . I was very much sad after seeing this because it was a time between 11 am to 12.30 pm and they were involved in this activity of water filling with their mother. Then I have compared the incident with the above stated beautiful program of our Government and my heart was shattered because one side the Government is taking lots of initiatives for saving the girl child and on the other hand at the ground level the small girl child’s are involved in hard labor which they are not supposed to do at this very early age.
We want to save our girl child but on the other hand we are also exploiting them because the example I have quoted of the slum area have many faces. One of the faces is there are no direct pipelines joined to the houses so that the residents can have direct drinking water facilities in their houses and thus saving the labor and hard work required to fill drinking water for their daily use.
So lastly it’s a responsibility of each and every citizen of India and also of competent authorities to ensure that the programs run by the government must reach to the marginal level then only the objectives of “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign” i.e.
1. Prevention of gender biased sex selective elimination.
2. Ensuring survival and protection of the girl child
3. Ensuring education and participation of the girl child
will be fulfilled in real sense else it will only on the papers.
