Chandigarh raises condom bar

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CHANDIGARH: It's not even a month since CITCO started the Condom Bar

at Kalagram and already Baithak is witnessing a rise in sales,

rebuffing the initial apprehension about couples finding the place

uncomfortable.

While the sales figure of Baithak Bar till May 20, 2006, was Rs

31,653, the Condom Bar alone crossed Rs 1 lakh mark. And this

increase in revenue is accompanied by a global attention that the

bar is drawing.

Elated with the success of the bar, CITCO MD Jasbir Singh Bir,

said, " Couples are thronging the bar. It seems youngsters have shed

inhibitions about sex and like to discuss safe sex in a place like

this. " In fact, with the bar's clientele growing, CITCO has decided

to add more number of seats as well.

Bir added that visitors curiously enquire about different types of

condoms and happily take home free condoms that are given in lieu of

change.

The bar has attracted some distinguished international guests and

patrons too. A key member of International Condom Projects Council,

D Rose, has expressed a desire to promote the bar across the

world. The council spreads the message of safe sex in countries like

China and Ethiopia.

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Sandeep Mittal

NGO Advisor

Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society

Govt. Multispeciality Hospital Complex,

Sector 16-A, Chandigarh - 160016

Phone: 0172 - 2544589, 2783300

Mobile: 094175-79664

Fax: 0172 - 2700171

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