Jharkhand to be rid of child marriage curse People take pledge in entire state

Ranchi : In an almost never-before show of solidarity for a social cause under the direction of the government, hundreds of villages in 24 districts of Jharkhand organized awareness programmes where an unprecedented number of men, women and children took pledge to eliminate child marriage from the state. Earlier this week, various government departments had written to the officials and other stakeholders for full-fledged participation in the ‘Child Marriage Free India’ campaign and take pledge to make Jharkhand child marriage free. From police stations to courtrooms, panchayats and community centres, from young children to old women survivors of child marriage, the entire country witnessed an overwhelming response with crores of people joining in and taking pledges to end child marriage

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