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HIV/AIDS in India and UttaranchalFig ure 1Adult HIV Prevalence ( 2001)Jammu & KashmirChandig arhHimachalPradeshPunjabHary anaUttaranchalDelhiArunachal PradeshSikkimRajasthanUttar PradeshBiharAssamNag alandGujaratMadhya PradeshC h ha tis ga rhJharkhandWestBeng alMeg halayaTripuraMizoramManipurDaman & DiuDadra & NagarHaveliMaharashtraAndhraPradeshOrissa> 1% Antenatal wom en> 5% High risk g roup< 5% High risk g roupGoaKarnatakaKeralaTam ilnaduPondicherryAndaman and Nicobar IslandsLakshadweeplGroup III includes the remaining states, where the HIV infection in any of the high-riskgroups is still less than five percent and is less than one percent among antenatal women.Figure 2 shows the sentinel surveillance data from antenatal clinics in seven metropolitan citiesin India. HIV infection has exceeded two per cent in Mumbai; is more than one per cent inHyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai; and is below one per cent in Calcutta, Ahmedabad, and Delhi.This data clearly supports the evidence that HIV infection is percolating from various high-riskgroups to low-risk groups in the population.Data from various sentinel sites in Maharashtra shows that through the years HIV infectionincreased sharply among commercial sex workers (CSWs), rapidly progressing among STD clinic177