NASHIK: More than 1.50 lakh school girls in Nashik district were give around 9 lakh sanitary napkins for free on Wednesday. This feat also made it to the Wonder Book of World Records. Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), zilla parishad (ZP), Ahilya Foundation along with other non-government organisations (NGOs) had organized this event - a concept of Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Jayant Jadhav. Several corporate houses in city supported this initiative through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.More than 9 lakh sanitary napkins were distributed for free to a total of 1,064 ZP schools in the district. The functions were held at 1,500 venues across the district. In Nashik, the event was held at Kalidas Kala Mandir where Amruta Fadnavis, wife of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis , was the chief guest.More than 1,000 students from Government Girls High School, Sarda Girls High School, Adarsh Middle School and Annasaheb Vaishampayan High School were distributed free sanitary napkins."Maintaining menstrual hygiene boosts self-confidence. Period is not a problem but a natural phenomenon. Don't feel uncomfortable while holding the sanitary napkins but rather feel proud as you are maintaining personal hygiene and health," said Fadnavis while interacting with girls.She asked them to promote the use of sanitary napkins among their friends and also learn the method of its proper disposal. Fadnavis also honoured the organizers of the event with the certificate of World Record recognized by the Wonder Book of Records.Amruta Fadnavis supports #MeToo : Speaking with the reporters after the event, Amruta Fadnavis expressed her support to the ongoing #MeToo movement. "I welcome the campaign because it has started discussion on a sensitive subject. I will not comment on how genuine are the complaints raised, but the movement has definitely started a good campaign. People, especially women are now being aware about sexual harassment at workplace. I hope, this educates the women in Tier-II and Tier-III cities about their rights," she said.

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