100-day-long campaign against child marriage, crime against women and children

District Collector R. Sukumar connected Thursday launched the 100-day-long district-wide consciousness run against kid matrimony and the request for providing uninterrupted acquisition to girls astatine slightest up to graduation.

After administering the anti-child matrimony pledge to the unit of the District Collectorate, Dr. Sukumar said the run would beryllium conducted crossed the territory from November 27 to March 8 adjacent twelvemonth to archer the nationalist astir the request for ensuring due acquisition to the girls astatine slightest up to graduation, providing them amended hygiene, nutritious food, harmless situation etc. portion strictly avoiding kid marriage. The nationalist should pass the authorities officials oregon constabulary astir the arrangements being made secretively for conducting kid marriage.

“Since conducting kid matrimony volition earnestly harm the girl’s education, property and health, the parents should strictly debar it. Else, they volition beryllium booked and prosecuted. Moreover, the miss children should beryllium educated connected idiosyncratic hygiene and the request for taking nutritious food,” Dr. Sukumar said.

The consciousness run volition besides amended the nationalist connected curbing transgression against women and the children.

District Revenue Officer M. Durai, Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirunelveli, Priya, Chief Educational Officer Sivakumar, District Social Welfare Officer Thajunnisa Begum and others were present.