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India creates staggering 113,000 tonnes of menstrual waste annually that can take over 250 years to fully decompose. Lack of proper disposal facilities also leads to overuse of the menstrual hygiene products beyond the recommended time which puts women at the risk for infections. Lack of MHM (Menstrual Health Management) facilities in schools affects the employability of the girls as 23 million of them drop out of school annually due to lack of proper MHM facilities.

The shortage of pads is being felt across the country and the problem is much more acute in semi-urban and rural areas, says Shailja Mehta, who works on issues of adolescents at Dasra, a philanthropic organisation. "During our conversations with our partners in several states, we heard that only 15% girls had access to sanitary napkins during the lockdown. "With schools shut, the girls are getting pads only through the community health workers who are handing over whatever little supplies they have." The problem started when India first imposed a country-wide lockdown on 25 March, and sanitary napkins were not in the list of essential items which were exempt from restrictions. It was only on 29 March, after reports that chemists, grocery stores and online sites were running out of pads, that the government added sanitary napkins to the list of essentials. The delay caused nearly 10 days of production loss.

Dasra Melava: शिवसेनेचा पत्ता आणि निशाणी कुणीही पळवू शकणार नाही, शिवसेनेचं शिंदे गटाला प्रत्युत्तर

Narayana Mantra by Asvinikumaras For Fortune Health