Whenever a marriage takes place, it is an emotional and heart touching moment for the parents as well as family members of daughters,” said Chief Minister Raman Singh.
He blessed 119 couples who tied nuptial knot at a mass marriage function organised under ‘Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’ held at Sarona on Sunday. The function was organized under joint aegis of Women and Child Welfare Department, Government of Chhattisgarh and ‘Rajput Niswarth Sewa Sangh’. State Minister for Women and Child Welfare Ramshila Sahu and Wife of the Chief Minister, Veena Singh were prominently present.
Addressing the function, Chief Minister informed that the scheme is running since the year 2005. Through it 75,000 couples have tied nuptial knots and began their married life.
“I am fortunate enough that I had received the opportunities to bless the daughters on their marriages at different districts of the state in these last 13 years, said the Chief Minister.
Bestowing blessings to the newly wed, the Chief Minister further said couples of different sections of the society are included here which is an identity of state of Chhattisgarh, as everyone mingles with each other.
Minister Sahu speaking on the occasion thanked the Chief Minister for running so many welfare schemes including that of ‘Mukhamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’. She said that if a disabled person gets married in the function he or she is benefited with a financial assistance of Rs 50,000. In case bride and bridegroom both are disabled then a cash assistance of Rs 1 lakh is provided to them.