In order to bring empowerment in the lives of the villagers living in peripheral areas, the Aditya Birla Group Company’s Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) along with the Rayagarh District Social Welfare Department launched the ‘Papa Ki Pari’, a sensitisation programme, to highlight awful impact of girl child marriage in society, and eradicate such social stigma from the villages under its CSR initiative on Friday.
The one-day training programme for adolescent girls was organised at the company’s CSR office here. This is a two-year project consisting of various awareness activities, like group meetings, seminars, audio-visual presentations, trainings, etc., among villagers to sensitise them in dealing with the evil practice.
UAIL joint president Mazhar Beig said, “Education should reach in every household so as to eradicate such menace form our society. Hence our mission is to bring down such social issues by providing better education facility in locality”.
UAIL unit head and president N Nagesh appreciated the programme of the CSR department, and stressed upon proactive initiatives to provide proper education and health facility to women and girls child.
UAIL Community Relations and Sustainability GM Lopamudra Priyadarshini also shared her view against the girl child marriage.