The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Poor response to Mamatheya Thottilu; only two infants surrendered in cradles across the state in a year
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Rashmi Patil
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The 'Mamatheya Thottilu' program in Karnataka, designed to provide safe surrender cradles for unwanted infants, has seen very low usage with only two infants surrendered in the past year. Officials attribute this to a lack of public awareness and fear of identity disclosure among parents.
Despite encouraging people to safely surrender infants in Mamatheya Thottilu rather than abandoning them in garbage, buses, trains or other places, the programme has received poor response.
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