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“Population control vital for success of schemes”

Staff Reporter

World Population Awareness Day observed in Karur

Time to act: Collector J. Uma Maheswari addressing participants at a World Population Awareness Day meeting in Karur.

KARUR: It is imperative that people have adequate awareness on the effects of burgeoning population on the national wealth, including mineral distribution and food security. Increased population strains easy delivery of goods, according to District Collector J. Uma Maheswari.

Participating at the World Population Awareness Day observed by the Department of Health Service and Family Welfare here on Friday Dr. Uma Maheswari underscored the need to create awareness among the people to contain the population. From 40 crore population in 1947, the numbers have crossed 110 crore. India accounts for roughly 16 per cent of the world population.

Employment, food scarcity, health and sanitary aspects and several other issues have been forced on the population by rapidly increasing numbers.

The message of the current year’s programme is “Eradicate poverty and foster women’s education.” It is essential to contain the population to ensure that intended beneficiaries get access to all the welfare measures and programmes the government plans for them, she added.

She reiterated the need for parents not to go in for selection as that could destabilise the societal balance. Every woman could match a man in achieving laurels. There is equal opportunity in several spheres of activity for the women to excel. Socio economic development could be achieved only with containing the population, she said.

Education of all, in particular the rural women, would make things easier for the government to reach out to all sections of society, the Collector said.

Dr. Uma Maheswari distributed prizes to winners of school and college level oratorical competitions organized on the occasion. In the competition for college students Ponraj won the top honours while Subash Chandra Bose bagged the runner up spot followed by Prakash _ all from the Kongu College of Arts and Science.

In the schools category Thangalakshmi of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Karur, won the top award followed by Ramya of CSI Girls; Higher Secondary School and the third spot went to Mathangi of St. Teresa Girls’ Higher Secondary School.

Joint Director of Health Services T.A.R. Akbar Ali, Deputy Director (Health) K. Sadasivam, Chief Education Officer K. Kandasamy, Nehru Yuva Kendra District Coordinator P. Mayilsamy District Population Information Officer S. Jagitha, and others participated.

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