Chandigarh, Oct. 10 -- Haryana's additional chief secretary (ACS-health) Sudhir Rajpal on Thursday issued directions to start a campaign to ensure birth registration of children residing in slum and underprivileged areas.

The civil surgeons were directed to visit these areas personally and supervise the progress of the campaign on the ground.

Presiding over a meeting of the "Special Task Force" constituted to improve the sex ratio, the ACS (health) directed the health department officers to launch a special campaign to register births in slum areas and other backward areas, as not all children are being registered. He directed that all civil surgeons be assigned responsibility for monitoring the campaign through regular and surprise ins...