Beti Bachao Abhiyan: Kanpur girls write 100-mt letter to PM

January 23, 2015 00:42

On a day when Narendra Modi launched the 'beti bachao, beti padhao' programme, a group of girls today wrote a 100-metre long letter addressed to the prime minister, drawing his attention on the issue of security and education of the girl child.

The letter will be sent to the prime minister through Kanpur MP and senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, said Manoj Sanger, the convener of 'Yug Dadhichi Beti Bachao Abhiyan'.

The girls have expressed their views about their safety and education in the letter, Sanger said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched 'beti bachao, beti padhao' scheme in Panipat district of Haryana, a state with one of the poorest sex ratio in the country.

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