Mysuru: With increasing complaints of child marriages taking place in Tribal Hamlets (Haadis), the Women and Child Development Department held an awareness programme on Child Marriage Prohibition Act, for women family members of Mahouts and Kavadis of Dasara elephants at the Tent School in the Palace premises here this morning.
Addressing the women family members, Department Deputy Director K. Padma regretted that child marriages have continued in tribal hamlets despite widespread awareness on its ill-effects.
