A grand mass wedding ceremony was organized at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium located at the district headquarters under the Chief Minister Kanya Group Marriage Scheme. In this program, 192 couples tied the knot with traditional customs. Special enthusiasm was seen among the bride and groom and their families.
Before marriage, a procession was taken out with Baje-Gaje and on reaching the venue, all the grooms were given a grand welcome. Deputy Chief Minister Arun Saw attended the program as the chief guest along with his wife Meena Saw. He blessed all the newly married couples and presented checks and gifts worth Rs 35-35 thousand under the scheme.
There should be blessings in the program
The program started with lighting a lamp in front of the photographs of Maa Saraswati and Chhattisgarh Mahtari. On this occasion, Mungeli MLA Punnulal Mohle, Collector Rahul Dev, Superintendent of Police Bhojram Patel, Forest Officer Sanjay Yadav, District Panchayat CEO Prabhakar Pandey, Additional Collector Nishtha Pandey Tiwari, Maneka Pradhan, G. l. Yadav, SDM Mungeli Parvati Patel and administrative staff, District Panchayat President Shrikant Pandey, Vice President Shanti Devcharan Bhaskar and other public representatives and dignitaries were present, who greeted the bride and groom by blessing them.
Scheme became a boon for poor families: Deputy Chief Minister
Addressing the function, Deputy CM Saw said that today is historic. Our government is committed to reducing the financial troubles of poor families. Marriage and treatment are two such big expenses, which the government is now beingar the burden. Under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, free treatment up to Rs 05 lakh is being provided, while the government of Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai has empowered the Kanya Vivah Yojana for poor families. He congratulated the district administration for the successful organization of the marriage of 192 couples and said that the government will continue to help the needy in the same way.
MLA Mohle made this appeal
MLA Punnulal Mohle, while wishing the newly married couples, said that under the scheme, a check of Rs 35-35 thousand and gifts of Rs 15,000 are being given to each couple. He appealed to the general public to make maximum benefit of government schemes and said that the government is running many welfare schemes for housing, health, education, drinking water, electricity and other basic needs.
Collector Rahul Dev said that for the first time such a large number of mass marriages have been organized in the district. The district administration is fully committed to better implementation of all the schemes of the government. In the program, District Program Officer Sanjula Sharma gave detailed information about the Chief Minister Kanya Vivah Yojana and thanked the visitors.
Newly married groom and groom said this
After marriage, the newly married groom and the bride told the media that this scheme of the government is very beneficial for the needy. In this event, beyond discrimination, people of all classes concluded under the same stage. The expenses that came in separate marriage have also been saved and the entire program of marriage was concluded with rituals and rituals with great pomp. Congratulations to the district administration, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister for this.
