Haridaspur finds place in textbooks
The Hindu
The village is a pioneer in ‘Save Girl Child’
Bhavya Sri is a third girl in her family in this village located in Kondapur mandal of Sangareddy district, about 25 km from the district headquarters, with about 1,000-strong population, 816 as per 2011 census. She was born on January 1, 2020, about one and a half years ago. She was unwanted in the family at that time. The entire family was disappointed over having third girl child in the family. Knowing this, panchayat sarpanch Md. Shafi and panchayat secretary Rohit Kulakarni took the initiative and met the family. They convinced the family that birth of a girl-child was nothing wrong and should be welcomed. They celebrated the event and from then the panchayat has been celebrating the birth of every girl in the village by lighting lamps and distributing sweets. Not only that, Sukanya Samruddhi Yojana (SSY) accounts were opened in the names of 74 girls with the help of donors, out of which 25 are from panchayat administration. Now the village got a rare honour. The activity of the village was mentioned in the Intermediate first year English textbook – Keep Going, INTERactive English. In 253rd page under Reading Comprehension Passages, the activity of the villages was mentioned.
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