Mumbai,

01 May (HS): The Maharashtra Government’s Women and Child Development

Department succeeded in preventing 26 child marriages on Akshay Tritiya Day.

Minister for Women and Child Development Mweghna Sakore-Bopardikar had issued

instructions in advance to keep a close watch on child marriages, which are

mostly performed on Akshay Tritiya.

A special

meeting in virtual mode was convened to discuss the steps to be taken to

prevent child marriages in the state. Coordination with Anganwadi workers and the police department is necessary under the mission.

Bopardikar

said that preventing 26 child marriages in a single day is an appreciable

achievement. The department will continue to work to make the state free from

child marriages.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar