Female infanticide is still prevalent in Omalur block of Salem district. This is the assessment of the Alternative for Indian Development, a non-governmental organisation, which has been working in the block for the amelioration of the standard of women and children for the past two and a half years. Mr. George Henry and Mrs. K. Kalpana, Project Co-ordinators, told presspersons at Omalur on Tuesday that the project was launched here mainly because incidents like female infanticide, marriage at a very young age (even around 11 and 12), unsafe abortion, etc., were found rampant in the region.