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&lt;br /&gt;
Social activists now fear that the scant attention paid by the health officials in the district in monitoring the ultrasound scan centres and their failure in the strict enforcement of Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex selection) Act may lead to severe consequences in the years to come.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;There are no incidents of female infanticide in the district. But there are reports of increasing number of foetal sex determination and sex selective abortions,&amp;rdquo; activists point out.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The foetal sex determination and female foeticide, according to highly-placed official sources, happens at all levels in society. &amp;ldquo;Even the highly educated and affluent people in society resort to the obnoxious practice. Most of these incidents do not come to light as they have been done very discreetly and with the knowledge of the persons concerned,&amp;rdquo; a senior official says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Foetal sex determination on rise in Erode by S Ramesh

There is an alarming decline in the child sex ratio Boys from district go to Kerala in search of brides A significant number of eligible boys in Erode district now travel more than 400 km to areas in Kerala to find themselves a bride. While this is more in one community, the others are slowly catching up with this trend and there is a dramatic increase in the appearance of matrimonial advertisements seeking brides. These come with the words “caste no bar” from Erode. The situation may even turn worse in the years to come as there is an alarming decline in the child sex ratio in the district. Currently, Erode has a child sex ratio (0-6 years) of 932 girls per 1,000 boys, which is far below the national average and the internationally accepted levels. Earlier in 2001, the district had a child sex ratio of 944 girls per 1,000 boys in 2001. Social activists now fear that the scant attention paid by the health officials in the district in monitoring the ultrasound scan centres and their failure in the strict enforcement of Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex selection) Act may lead to severe consequences in the years to come. “There are no incidents of female infanticide in the district. But there are reports of increasing number of foetal sex determination and sex selective abortions,” activists point out. The foetal sex determination and female foeticide, according to highly-placed official sources, happens at all levels in society. “Even the highly educated and affluent people in society resort to the obnoxious practice. Most of these incidents do not come to light as they have been done very discreetly and with the knowledge of the persons concerned,” a senior official says. Though the child sex ratio in the district had declined over the years, there were no cases booked for violations of PCPNDT Act so far. “The healthcare institutions do not maintain a proper documentation on why the abortion is done. The health officials in the district also do not insist the hospitals to provide such information. Even the pregnancy details are not reported properly in the district,” a senior official told The Hindu. The alarming decline has prompted the district administration to tighten the monitoring of scan centres and hospitals. The health authorities were given specific instructions last week to monitor the hospitals and the scan centres. “We cannot allow the sex-selective discriminatory practices to continue. It will lead to severe problems at a later point of time. People should also realise this fact. We are now closely watching the scan centres and hospitals,” Collector T. Soundiah said.