Students rally in support of ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Abhiyan’  – Star of Mysore

Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Abhiyan’, a day-lengthy workshop and consciousness programme for District and Taluk-degree Little one Marriage Prohibition officers started at Kalamandira on Hunsur Highway in the town this morning.

The programme has been collectively organised by the Directorate of Little one Safety, Bengaluru, Karnataka State Fee for Safety of Little one Rights (KSCPCR),Bengaluru, Mysuru District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, District Authorized Providers Authority (DLSA), Girls and Little one Growth Division, District Little one Safety Unit, Police and Schooling Departments, Rural Literacy and Well being Programme (RLHP), Little one Fund Internationl, Bengaluru  and different NGOs of the district. Earlier, a rally was taken out from the outdated Deputy Commissioner’s workplace alongside Hunsur Highway to Kalamandira, the venue of the stage programme.

Launching the rally, Further DC P. Shivaraju stated that the programme has been organised with the theme ‘Safety of Youngsters is the accountability of everybody’.

Declaring that the District Administration is taking steps for making Mysuru a ‘Little one Marriage Free’ district, he stated that this programme will assist in direction of attaining this purpose.

“Little one marriage is a social menace. Conducting marriage of beneath age youngsters will not be solely violation of the Regulation, however can be a curse on lady youngsters. As such, dad and mom ought to attempt for educating  lady youngsters which is able to assist in their empowerment. This may also assist in constructing a greater society”, he famous.

Explaining the measures taken by the District Administration for stopping lady youngster marriages in the district, Shivaraj appealed the members of the general public to right away name Helpline Quantity- 1098 and thus contribute for ending the social evil.

 Through the stage programme, a number of Anganawadi staff and members of NGOs who labored successfully for stopping youngster marriages have been felicitated.

KSCPCR, Bengaluru, members S.Manju and Venkatesh, Senior Civil Decide and DLSA Member-Secretary Okay.Okay. Amarnath, Little one Fund Worldwide Programme Officer (Karnataka & Tamil Nadu) Shysi Jacob, District Little one Safety Officer N.T. Yogesh,  Dr. Okay. Raghavendra Bhat, Regional Co-ordinator of UNICEF Little one Safety Mission, Koppal, Sampath Katti, Senior Programme Supervisor, RLHP, Mysuru, Prof. C.Okay. Jacob, Secretary, RLHP, Okay. Saraswathi, Director, RLHP, Dr.C. V. Sneha, Director, Directorate of Little one Safety, Bengaluru and others have been current.