Special screening of ‘Padman’ for govt workers in Udaipur
A special screening of Akshay Kumar and Soonam Kapoor starrer ‘Padman’ was organised for Anganwari workers, Asha Sahyoginis, female ward sarpanchs and panchs of Gogunda sub-division under the Swachch Bharat Mission in Udaipur on Saturday.
“The aim through the screening of the film was to create awareness and eradicate the superstitions prevailing in India in connection with the use of sanitary napkins. It also aimed to educate the tribal women about menstrual hygiene and stop them from following unhygienic practices,” Anjali Rajoria, the sub-divisional officer of Gogunda, told HT. Special arrangement was made for the film screening for more than 300 women, she said.
Manju Devi, one of the Anganwari workers, told HT, “We found the film really inspirational. I will teach the girls coming to our Anganwari Kendra (centre) about using sanitary pads.”
Another Anganwari worker, Meta Gameti, said, “It was exciting seeing the big screen. The film is good. We have vowed not to use unhygienic practices during the menstrual period. We will inspire other women too about the importance of sanitary pads.”
Udaipur district collector Bishnu Charan Mallick said, “Keeping in view that equity and inclusion are important issues in sanitation and hygiene sectors and promotion of menstrual hygiene is also one of the important objectives of SBM (G) we decided to have a friendly interaction with school girls.”
“The idea was not just to promote clean hygienic practices, but also to ensure that the confidence of teenage girls is boosted and they do not feel limited or restricted because of a normal biological process. We shall continue holding lectures of similar kind among teenage girls,” Mallick added.
“This is much needed in a tribal area like ours where absenteeism of girls increases during teenage years and where several other myths around menstruation still exist in the society,” Mallick further added.
People suffering from allergic rhinitis and asthma should take care as pollen of Holoptelea Integrifolia, locally known as chilbil or bandar ki roti tree, has been detected in the air of Jaipur, healthcare experts said.
Dr Nishtha Singh at Asthma Bhawan, said a detecting instrument installed on the roof of institute has found high presence of Holoptelea Integrifolia pollen this year.
“Holoptelea tree, one of the most allergy causing pollen was detected in the city air on February 16,” she said.
“The allergy causing pollen remains suspended in the air in high proportions for a duration of one to one and half month.”
According to the Annual Health Survey 2012-13, 652 people out of 1 lakh suffer from asthma/chronic respiratory disease in Rajasthan.
With the allergy causing pollen in the air, the number of people suffering respiratory diseases must have increased now, said Singh.
More than 10% of asthma patients suffer from Holoptelea allergy and people sensitive to pollen allergies, are advised to wear triple layered mask while going out, she said.
Though the Holoptelea Integrifolia pollen was detected in February 16 this year, in 2017 it was detected a couple of days earlier on February 14, Singh said, adding that early pollination cannot be explained but it is probably due to global warming.
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