Belagavi, Dec. 18 -- Accepting that acts of female foeticide has not stopped in Karnataka, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said the State Government was taking strict measures to prevent it.

He said the Government was appointing separate Nodal Officers in all districts and tightening measures to prevent foeticide, which he called a "social evil." He also assured that the Government would consider strengthening legislation to control such activities.

Responding to a question by BJP MLC C.T. Ravi in the Legislative Council, he said, "Female foeticide has certainly not stopped. If you look at the sex ratio, there is a lot of difference. I accept that this is happening."

"Foeticide is not happening under pressure; voluntarily, it is happe...