KRISHNAGIRI: A woman, believed to be in her seventies, who travelled by foot over five kilometres to reach a mass contact programme, fainted before the programme started, as per a health department official.
K Venkatammal of Gullatti village near Pacchapanatti fainted due to high blood pressure and hypoglycemia. She was taken to Kelamangalam Upgraded Primary Health Centre and then to Denkanikottai Government Hospital for treatment, the official added.
The mass contact programme was held at Pacchapanatti village near Kelamangalam on Wednesday. At the event, Krishnagiri Collector KM Sarayu distributed welfare schemes worth Rs 55 lakh to 111 people from departments of agriculture, horticulture, social welfare, rural development, differently-abled welfare and others.
In her address, the collector said that parents should send their wards to school and prevent dropouts. She added that students in Anchetti, Thalli, Hosur and Kelamangalam should aim to get higher marks in Tamil subjects. She further said that parents should not show gender bias in providing education to boy and girl children.
The state government is providing various schemes for the education of boys and girls. Similarly, scanning to identify the sex of the fetus is an offence and action will be taken against them. People should also inform the district administration to prevent child marriage, she added.
She also urged people to make use of health camps being conducted across the district, owing to the monsoon. She also asked residents to refrain from constructing houses on water channels, to prevent flooding. Officials from various departments like revenue, agriculture, Anganwadi and others were also present.