By Our Correspondent, Jaleshwor, Feb. 25: Under the Chief Minister Save Daughters Educate Daughters campaign 2,455 girls have been insured in Mahottarai district.

According to Kajal Jha, Daughters Insurance Plan Officer for Mahottarai district, the campaign had begun on January 15 in all 15 local levels of the district.

Jha informed that 221 daughters from Jaleshwor Municipality, 123 from Yekdada Gaupalika, 173 from Matihani Municipality, 133 from Ramgopal Municipality, 159 from Aaurahi Municipality and 119 from Bhangaha Municipality have been insured. Similarly, 128 girls of Lohar Patti Municipality, 206 of Bardibas Municipality, 223 of Samsi Gaupalika, 114 of Sonam Gaupaika and 201 of Gaushala Municipality have been covered under the scheme.

The State government had decided to provide Rs. 100,000 for insurance of daughters born after January 15 this year.

Around 20,000 girls had been missed out so the campaign had been extended by a week so as to give another chance for those girls who somehow failed to register their name under the campaign.   

State 2 also pledged to provide three-month free internet access to the insured girls, but the government has not been able to provide the facility so far.

According to Laxmi Kumar Sah, a resident of Ward – 2, the State government couldn’t provide the internet service even after a month of the campaign.

According to Nageshwor Singh, Manager of Subisu Net Branch, they had not received the list of insured girls from the ministry yet.

Jha said that Municipalities and Gaupalikas had been preparing the insurance list and as soon as they prepared it they would provide the internet service.