In UP, a 60-year-old woman got pregnant 5 times in 10 months

In UP, a 60-year-old woman got pregnant 5 times in 10 months

#Bareilly #Uttar Pradesh Ever heard a woman getting pregnant five times in a time period of just 10 months? Yes, it is true!

According to the startling facts revealed by an audit of beneficiaries of the Janani Suraksha Yojna in Uttar Pradesh, it has been found that a woman was declared pregnant three times in four months to avail benefits under the scheme.

This is not it. According to a report, yet another woman in Bahraich, a 60-year-old, got pregnant "five times in 10 months".

As per the investigating officers, the employees of primary health care centres are the ones who have made the most money out of this fraud. Under this large pan-UP scam, the PHC employees would make fictitious transfers of Rs 1400 to the poor village women, give them a meagre cut and keep the rest for themselves.

In UP, a 60-year-old woman got pregnant 5 times in 10 months

A total of 200 such cases have come into light alone in Baundi PHC.

The matter came into light when Badaun's Asha Devi visited the bank three times in four months with the cheque received under the scheme. Smelling something foul in the matter, the bank officials informed the matter to the Health Department.

However, Additional Director of the Health Department Dr Subodh Sharma said that strict action will be taken against the accused as soon as the investigation reports are out.

Janani Suraksha Yojna was launched by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2005 in a bid to provide poor pregnant women safe delivery.

Under the scheme, if a woman has delivered a baby at a government hospital she has the right to get Rs. 1,400 so as to have nutritional food.