State govt prevents 29 child marriages on Akshay Tritiya
In Maharashtra, officials from the Women and Child Development (WCD) department on Wednesday succeeded in preventing 29 child marriages across state scheduled on this day. Earlier, at a meeting held on the issue of child marriages, Meghana Bordikar, WCD minister, had told officials to be on the lookout for such occurrences on this day, considered auspicious according to the Hindu calendar.
'In a single day on Akshay Tritiya our officials stopped a total of 29 marriages in 16 districts. Eleven of those were from Marathwada, nine from Vidarbha and two each from Nashik and Pune regions,' an official from the department told HT.
'We are determined to make Maharashtra free of child marriages. Our officials across state were on an alert mode to the marriages on Wednesday. The concrete steps taken on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya can be sustained to ensure a safe future for children,' said Bordikar. 'This drive will send a message to the public that the department is keeping eye on child marriages and working to prevent them.'
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