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#PeriodPaath: Open Letter To District Magistrate For Providing Better Menstrual Hygiene

To The District Magistrate Gaya Subject: Requesting to provide better menstrual hygiene facilities for girls in Gaya Respected Sir, Most humbly and respectfully, I would like to draw your attention towards the much-needed menstrual hygiene and related facilities in Gaya. As you are aware that menstrual practices still face social, cultural and religious restrictions in many parts of India, therefore, it is need of the hour to create awareness about menstrual hygiene. Gaya being a small town is not left with these restrictions. More than being hygienic, people are much concerned about the ill norms and cultural beliefs associated with menstruation. The adolescent girls are not prepared and made aware about menstruation so they face numerous difficulties at home, schools, and work places. Some get afraid, some are ashamed and some even feel cursed about it. India’s 113 million adolescent girls are vulnerable at the onset of menarche. Adolescence is said to be one of the mos