Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday greeted the people of Chhattisgarh on the eve of auspicious occasion ‘Akshaya Treethiya’ (Akthi).
He appealed to the people to eradicate social evils like child marriages on the day.
Singh called upon the concerned citizens to spread awareness among the masses regarding the evil of child marriages.
In a message on the eve of auspicious day ‘Akshaya Trithiya’, he said that it is celebrated on Vaisakh Shukla Truthiya and the farmers sow seeds for Kharif crop and marriages are performed on a massive scale.
In Indian cultural history many events are associated with ‘Akshaya Trithiya’ Bhagwan Parasuram Jayanti is performed on this day.
Referring to child marriages, Singh appealed to the social workers and enlightened citizens to prevent child marriages which are a grave social evil. There is a fall in child marriages in the entire nation due to spread of education ad literacy but still it is widely prevalent in some regions of the State, he added.