To create awareness against child marriage in Assam, village-level meeting was held in concern to impose Bal Panchayat to end child marriage completely.
On Sunday, in cachar district the initiative was launched.
How Bal Panchayat will be helpful? Bal Panchayats will target the areas where tendency of child marriage is high. Panchayat presidents will work as nodal officers and they will be supported by Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, doctors, police etc.
The chief minister said the Bal Panchayats are additional support from the administration’s part to the ongoing police crackdown on child marriages in the state.
Also so far, the police have registered 4,235 cases so far and 6,707 accused have been identified. Out of the 3,047 arrested persons, 93 are female and 2,954 are male.
