278 child marriage complaints dealt with in Har since Oct 2014

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Dec 08 2015 | 6:28 PM IST
As many as 278 complaints of child marriage have been dealt with by Protection cum Prohibition Officers in Haryana till date from October last year.
Of these, 129 child marriages were prevented by counselling and 30 through injunction orders. The rest were either referred to police or application given for nullity under Section 3, an official spokesperson said today.
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Meanwhile, the spokesperson said the Haryana Women and Child Development Department would organise a 'malnutrition awareness' campaign in all villages from December 10 to January 2, 2015, with a view to reducing malnutrition among children.
During the campaign, children's weight would be measured at anganwadi centres from December 10 to 14.
The campaign would focus on villages with a large number of underweight children and a list of such habitations would be prepared for the purpose, the spokesperson added.

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First Published: Dec 08 2015 | 6:28 PM IST

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