PM Modi expresses gratitude to Sudha Murty for fostering ‘pertinent issues’ in Rajya Sabha
PM Modi expresses gratitude to Sudha Murty for fostering ‘pertinent issues’ in Rajya Sabha
PM Modi expressed his gratitude to Sudha Murty while replying to the Motion of thanks on the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha amidst the ongoing Parliament session on Wednesday.
Philanthropist and author Sudha Murty pressed for a government-sponsored vaccination programme to combat cervical cancer.
In her initial speech in the Rajya Sabha, she also pitched for promoting domestic tourism.
Earlier on Women’s Day on 8 March 2024, the President nominated Sudha Murty to the Upper House.
In the midst of her speech Sudha Murthy affirmed that there is vaccination given to girls, between the age of nine to 14, known as a cervical vaccination. If the girls take that, it cancer can be avoided … Vaccination need to promoted for the benefit of our girls because prevention is better than cure.
Sudha Murty continued by saying that cervical vaccination was created in the West and has been in use for the previous 20 years. “It worked very well. I
It is not expensive. Today, it is ₹1,400 for people like her who are in the field. If the government intervenes and negotiates, you can bring it to ₹700-800. They have such a large population that it will be beneficial for the girls in the future.
Apart from women’s health, Sudha Murty proposed for the growth of domestic travel.she suggested 57 domestic tourist destinations be put forward for nomination as World Heritage Sites.
She added that there is a marvellous statue of Bahubali at Shravanabela Gola in Karnataka. There are group of monuments in Mandu in Madhya Pradesh who are very very beautiful. If you go to East, you have Tripura state, and they have fantastic sculpture known as Unakoti, natural roots bridge in Mizoram and eastern part of India which is God’s gift to us,” she added.
She further added, that there are beautiful Mughal gardens in Kashmir. We always go and see the film shootings, but we never realise that they are not in the World Heritage Sites. The package should be done very well so that people can come and see them. The package should be conveniently done so that we should have good toilets and roads so that the tourists can come. It will escalate our revenue in our own country.
Meanwhile she also mentioned that some of the 2,500-year-old Sarnath monuments are still not listed as World Heritage Sites.
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