prayagraj when it comes to planning their families urban men in sangam city lag behindsample this out of 54 vasectomies being carried out by health department between april 1 and december 5 hardly 17 percent males from urban pockets opted for vasectomy while 83 from rural areas including transganga and transyamuna preferred vasectomy to restrict their families despite this the prayagraj district has ranked first in chart of male sterilization vasectomy across the state for the past six yearsdistrict programme manager dpm national health mission vinod kumar singh told toi health department has roped in additional teams to mobilize educated and urban based eligible male populationfor vasectomy he added department has been conducting surveys among eligible male population in urban and semi urban pockets who have completed their families and promoting family planning measures particularly vasectomy to restrict their families dpm meanwhile said duties have been assigned to asha workers along with sarthi vehicle to knock the doors of eligible couples for family planning the last six statistics revealed as many as 52 85 84 85 113 and 62 vasectomies were conducted in year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 and 2021 respectively in prayagraj district which was highest figure across the state officials however said figure of vasectomy could be go up more as men perform apathy towards family planning the starling fact is that educated eligible men population in posh and urban pockets of the sangam city could dare to undergothe surgical knife for vasectomy dpm meanwhile said health teams are approaching couples including both male and females with the claim that family planning is not only important for better growth of the children but also for the health of the mother however despite the fact that sterilisation procedure in men is simpler than for women men are not ready to undergo it due to myths among them vasectomys unpopularity to a fear that it inhibits male virility or vasectomy causes infertility or it would deprive men of sexual pleasureasserting that the fears were a farce health experts pointed out that there are many positive points associated with the vasectomy experts said vasectomy can be undertaken under local anaesthesia and the entire procedure is completed in about 510 minutesmoreover the state authorities have decided to extend male vasectomy fortnight till december 11