Jammu, Jan 27: As part of the Republic Day celebrations, the Youth Services and Sports Department organized a Ladies Cultural Programme, at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium, here this afternoon.
 First Lady Usha Vohra, who was the Chief Guest on the occasion, She said that extra-curricular activities help in bringing out hidden talents among children and provide them confidence to meet future challenges successfully.
 Referring to a skit ‘Save Girl Child’ presented by Jain Taruni Mandal, Jammu, the First Lady emphasized the need for spreading awareness against female foeticide to restore gender balance.
 “Stringent punitive action needs to be taken against those medicos who conduct sonography tests to determine the sex of the foetus. Girls are as important as the boys and they must be looked after very well, educated and given their due place in the society,” she said adding one of the possible reasons for female foeticide is the evil practice of dowry which needs to be discouraged and eliminated.

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