DHARMAPURI, India: Driven by poverty, a young woman handed over her new-born girl to the Cradle Baby Centre at the General Hospital here as she already had two daughters.
The centre was set up by the Tamil Nadu Government in April, 2002 to check the evil practice of female infanticide, widely prevalent in the region.
According to officials of the centre, Kavitha (27), wife of R Kumar (29) of Sinnaleerhalli village, 42 km from here in Krishnagiri District, gave birth to the girl baby on December 7. Since the couple already have two daughters, the woman handed over the three-day old baby to the centre.
In the mandatory affidavit, the parents cited poverty as as the reason for their decision.
With the new addition, the centre had received 1,009 babies, including 40 baby boys, since its inception. This also includes over 50 abandoned babies.
