New Delhi : VI to INDIA’S SCHOOLS A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking to provide free sanitary pads to the girl students of class X. In the petition filed in the Supreme Court, the court has been urged to send the government from the sixth to 12 Issue instructions to the government to provide free sanitary pads to the girl students studying in the class, so that the girls of poor and economically weaker sections do not face difficulties for this.

Let us tell that the first in the country in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen During the year 2017 Patnaik’s government had announced to provide free sanitary pads to the girls studying in government schools. After this, similar steps were taken by the Education Department in Sirsa district of Haryana. Jaya Thakur has filed this petition in the Supreme Court through advocates Varinder Kumar Sharma and Varun Thakur for providing free sanitary pads to schoolgirls.

Adolescent girls from poor family face difficulties

In the petition filed in the Supreme Court, Jaya Thakur has said that coming from poor background 11 From 18 Adolescent girls in the age group of 12 years are facing serious difficulty. These teenage girls do not know about menstruation and hygiene during menstruation, nor are they able to mention it to their parents. It has also been said in the petition that there is also a lack of awareness among the people of poor families regarding menstruation. Due to weak economic condition and lack of information, malpractices and traditional methods are used in poor families regarding menstruation. As a result of this, adolescent girls from poor families fall prey to serious diseases and in such a situation they find it difficult to even go out of school or home.

separate toilets in schools And the demand of the sweeper

Not only this, the petitioner Jaya Thakur has requested the Supreme Court to make arrangements for separate girls’ toilets in all government, government-aided and residential schools in the country. Along with this, a demand has also been made to appoint separate Safai Karamcharis for regular cleaning of toilets in these schools.

7077 ) demand to run three level awareness program

Also, in the petition, the order to conduct a three-tier awareness program to the respondents or A demand has also been made to issue instructions. This means that under the three-tier awareness program, first of all, awareness should be made about menstrual health and removing the taboos around it. Second, provide adequate sanitation facilities and subsidized or free hygiene products to women and young girl students especially in disadvantaged areas and thirdly ensure an efficient and hygienic way of disposing of items used during menstruation Go. ,