During his tour of the Ghar, the Prince of Wales espied a board with the message" "Save The Girl Child". Punjab is one of the states in the country with a very low sex ratio and Fatehgarh Sahib district has the worst figures of 730:1000.
He also inaugurated the Punjab Agri Food Park in Sirhind, breaking a coconut as per the custom. The Park is the site for the headquarters of the Bhumi Vardaan Foundation, which he was due to launch at a function later at Yadvindra Public School, Patiala. The Foundation would assist and promote farmers engaging in sustainable agriculture. The royal couple accompanied by 26 officials from London and seven from the British High Commission in New Delhi are scheduled to spend the night at New Moti Bagh Palace, the private residence of the chief minister in Patiala. Tomorrow morning, Charles and Camilla will visit Kila Fort in Patiala before proceeding to Anandpur Sahib, the birthplace of 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. During the Anandpur Sahib stopover, he will visit Takht Keshgarh Sahab and witness a display of Sikh martial arts. He will wind up his tour of Punjab with a visit to the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) at Mohali to see Medicinal Plants Garden heading for Jodhpur in Rajashtan.
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