APPENDIX II

LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS SECT.

DELHI
PRESS RELEASE
DELHI, APRIL 19, 1976
The Lt. Governor, Shri Krishan Chand, has issued the following
statement to the press:
Certain reports are reaching the Administration that some
interested persons are bent on creating conditions in which the work of
family planning can not be carried in an orderly manner.
The facts are that as a results of the persistent efforts of the
Motivational Committee on Family Planning headed by Smt. Vidyaben
Shah, President, NDMC, and of Ruksana Sultana Saheba, 15,000
persons male and female have offered themselves voluntarily for
measures which will check the reproduction of unwanted children
permanently.

The

people

are

motivated

because

large

families,

particularly in the city areas, live in very trying conditions of housing,

education and incomes generally.
There are certain vested interests who for their own reasons want
to impede the process of this vital social programme. Family planning
constitutes the core of national re-construction on which the nation has
embarked. It is the duty of every citizen to give full co-operation in this
stupendous task. By restricting the size of families, the living standards
will go up. The economic gains conserved and a new era of prosperity
ushered. I am confident that the small groups with vested interests will
not be allowed to operate to the determent of the vest sections of our
people.
I want to make it clear beyond doubt that if any obstruction is
caused to the doctors, the nurses or the personnel and the workers
engaged in promoting the family planning programme, very drastic action
will be taken against the offending persons.

Today itself in Dujana House, where a family planning camp was

opened only four days ago, over 300 cases have already been treated. I
am certain that this momentum will gather in strength. We are at the
beginning of the work and by no means it is the end of it. It is necessary
to have the co-operative of all right thinking persons so that this
stupendous programme can be successfully executed.
It is the duty of the Delhi Administration that all incentives
disincentives are offered for carrying on the work successfully. Some of
the measures already taken have been announced and the public will be
kept fully informed of further measures and facilities to be provided from
time to time.