The Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State Branch (IRCS-OSB) organised two awareness programmes on family counselling at the Bijayalaxmi slum here on Wednesday and at Nuagaon village on the following day involving local residents.
The programmes were inaugurated by BMC Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena. IRCS-OSB secretary Dr Chakradhar Panda attended as chief speaker and said women bear almost all the responsibilities to meet all needs of their family. He advised the participants to avail the benefits of family counseling and other community welfare programmes of the Red Cross.
Various issues including dowry, extra marital affairs, economic crisis, mental illness and interference of in-laws, etc were discussed at the programmes. Harapriya Samanta Ray and Namrata Chadha from the IRCS-OSB Family Counselling Centre, Deputy Mayor K Santi and Nuagaon village Corporater Biranchi Mahasupkar also spoke.