Women’s panel stops two child marriages
Acting on a tip off from the locals and field staff, two child marriages were stopped in Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar districts by the State Women’s Commission according to its member secretary Sujata on Friday. A report was received about a 16 year-old-girl studying in Class VIII getting married to a man aged about 30 years in Haridwar district. Acting on this, she was given shelter in Dehradun with the help of local NGO. She is being given free education. Another report of a 14-year-old girl getting married in Udham Singh Nagar was received and following this the Commission made her father submit an affidavit stating that she will not be married till reaching adulthood, Sujata said.