Chandigarh, Aug. 11 -- With the sharp fall in Haryana's mid-year sex ratio at birth (SRB) setting the alarm bells ringing in the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government, the women and child development (WCD) department on Monday called for "immediate corrective intervention," government functionaries privy to the matter said.

Taking cognisance of Hindustan Times report, (Haryana's sex ratio at birth dips below 900 in 11 dists; August 6), WCD minister Shruti Choudhry on August 8 directed commissioner and secretary, WCD, and director, WCD, to submit a "comprehensive fact-finding" report by Monday.

Sources say that in view of the directions the minister had issued, the WCD department has fixed a meeting for Wednesday with health department do...