The women will also share their experiences regarding dowry and child marriages at a function to be organised in Patna as part of chief minister Nitish Kumar’s Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan Yatra.
PATNA: It’s time to review life after liquor ban implemented in the state of Bihar in 2016. Who could be the most authentic source for this than the women in rural areas who had once gone through the harrowing times due to alcoholism in their families?
On February 27, some of these women from Nalanda and Patna districts will be sharing their experiences with chief minister Nitish Kumar at a function which is scheduled in the state capital on February 27.
Though altogether 2,500 rural women from JEEVIKA, the Bihar Rural Livelihood Project (BRLP), of the rural development department have been invited to be a part of the event planned at Bapu Sabhagar in the city, nearly half a dozen women will have the opportunity to share their experiences and life after the liquor ban. They will also share on the occasion their experiences related to dowry and child marriages and the impact of the government initiatives against these evil social practices.
Besides, the tales of changes in the lives of rural women and the success stories related to their fight against alcoholism, dowry and child marriages, will also be told through multiple pictures and photographs which will be put on display at the venue and songs and compositions based on these issues will also be played on the occasion.
Not just that, films based on the experiences of the women from Jeevika about liquor ban, dowry and child marriages will also be screened on this occasion.
The event is a part of the ongoing Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan Yatra of chief minister Nitish Kumar.
“Altogether 2,500 Jeevika women from Nalanda and Patna will be here on the occasion. The gathering is huge. So every precaution is being taken to maintain social distancing among the invited people. A seating plan has been made for this purpose,” Chandrashekhar Singh, district magistrate (DM), Patna, said.
A photo exhibition on the liquor ban and the government’ s special drive to stop dowry and child marriages will be held at the Bapu Sabhagar, he added. “There will also be the stalls of bamboo products and Neera products created by Jeevika women,” he said.
