Under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan scheme, 179 couples have tied nuptial knot on the famous Bhoramdev temple premises in Kabirdham district.
Housing and Environment and in-charge Minister of Kabirdham district Rajesh Munat, Chief Minister Raman Singh’s wife Veena Singh and MP Madhusudan Yadav attended the marriage function and blessed the couples. Rajesh Munat and Veena Singh presented domestic appliances to the couples, besides cheque for Rs 1,000 encouragement money.
MP Madhusudan Yadav, Kawardha MlA Ashok Sahu, Pandariya MlA Motiram Chandrawanshi, former minister lata Usendi, ex-parliamentary secretary Siyaram Sahu also attended the mass marriage programme and blessed the couples.
Minister Rajesh Munat said that Chief Minister Raman Singh has launched the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana to free the poor families from the huge expenditure on the marriage of their daughters. lakhs of girls from poor families have been benefited from the scheme.
Veena Singh, while blessing the newly-wed couples, said that the Chhattisgarh government has taken complete responsibility of girls from their birth to marriage. The Government has launched various schemes for the girls and by taking benefits of these schemes the girls and women have been marching forward in the director of women empowerment, she added.
Collector P Dayanand has said that since the launching of the scheme, so far marriage of total 1798 couples have been solemnized in the district.