The Ministry of Girls and Baby Growth in collaboration with the Border Safety Drive organised a particular programme on Wednesday to cease youngster marriages throughout the Indo-Bangladesh border area of North and South 24 Parganas districts within the state.
The ‘Bal-Vivah Mukht Bharat Abhiyan’ marketing campaign within the South 24 Parganas district obtained help from native communities in weak coastal areas, uniting to eradicate youngster marriage and shield youngsters’s rights.
The ‘Bal-Vivah Mukht Bharat Abhiyan’ will deal with seven high-burden states — West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Tripura, Assam, and Andhra Pradesh — and almost 300 high-burden districts the place youngster marriage charges are excessive.
— With PTI