Rural Welfare Development Society Director Ooha Mahanthi creating consciousness amongst folks at Papayyavalasa village in Vizianagaram district in regards to the ill-effects of child marriages.
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Many migrant labourers in completely different components of the nation are principally performing marriages for women even earlier than they attain 18 years, stipulated age restrict set by the federal government for marriages, in response to the studies carried out by the federal government in addition to non-governmental organisations.
According to sources, round 300 child marriages have been going down in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts yearly. The migrant labourers wish to fulfil their duty with the concern of little safety for grown up women in villages.
A non-governmental organisation Rural Welfare Development Society Director Ooha Mahanthi has completed an in depth research on child marriages challenge in Gajapathinagaram, Dattirajeru and different locations of Vizianagaram district. She mentioned that the mother and father had been discreetly performing marriages in a easy method in temples of different areas to forestall the eye of locals and representatives of presidency organisations equivalent to Integrated Child Development Services.
“Child marriages lead to early pregnancy which causes health problems and threat to lives of both mother and kid at the time of delivery. The teen-aged girls cannot handle family responsibilities at a young age. We are explaining these two important issues in awareness camps conducted for villagers in Dattirajeru, Bondapalli, Gajapathinagaram and other places. We hope, the number of child marriages would come down in the district,” mentioned Ms. Mahanthi, an advocate.
The State authorities is at present sustaining the info of solely stopped marriages. As per the info of Integrated Child Development Society (ICDS), as many as 135 marriages had been stopped by the child welfare committees in the final two years in Srikakulam district. The committees may cease 28 marriages in the year-2021-22 and 110 in 2022-23 in Vizianagaram district. “We are forming child welfare committees with anganwadi workers, ASHA workers and representatives of non-governmental organisations. The committees inform us about the possibility of such marriages. Immediately, we meet the parents and counsel them explaining the social and health problems with child marriages,” mentioned B. Santa Kumari, ICDS Project Director of Vizianagaram district.
Chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Kesali Apparao mentioned that the fee directed the police and different officers involved to e-book circumstances on the mother and father and company additionally beneath the provisions of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act-2006. He mentioned that consciousness programmes could be carried out in all 26 districts by involving stakeholders to forestall child marriages that are principally carried out in summer time season with the return of migrant mother and father to their native locations.
