In an attempt to curb female foeticide, the state government banned the usage of pre-natal sex determination kits here on Wednesday.

The director general of UP Family Planning has directed all the district chief medical officers of the state to take stern action against those who were found using the sex determination kits, official sources said here on Wednesday.

The Centre has alerted Punjab and Haryana in this regard, based on the reports that the kits were smuggled and used in these states, chief medical officer Pradeep Jain said.