An awareness campaign for Mission Shakti, along with an inspection and enforcement of the PC & PNDT Act 1994, was held at Anava Hospital, Mokokchung, on February 4, 2025.
The event was organized by the District Administration and SANKALP: District Hub for Empowerment of Women – Mission Shakti, under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) initiative in Mokokchung.
In a press release DPRO Mokokchung informed that the enforcement of this Act was one of the key element of BBBP where regular surveys of diagnostic centers and Hospitals were monitor for the effective implementation of the Act.
The Act intends to prohibit prenatal diagnostic techniques for determination of the sex of the fetus letting to female feticide. The inspection was conducted in the presences of police personnel and Staffs from Chief Medical Office (CMO), Mokokchung along with DHEW staff, Mokokchung.