
Child marriages in Mysuru district on the rise
The Hindu
Awareness of helpline 1098 among girls preventing many child marriages
More than 180 complaints of child marriages were received in Mysuru district between April and October this year, making it among the highest in the State.
Mysuru had the dubious distinction of standing second in the State during the previous year when as many as 301 child marriages or complaints of impending marriages were reported between April 2020 and March 2021.
The figures are based on the number of complaints received by the Childline 1098 - a helpline ensuring anonymity to the whistleblower - and spot visits by officials based on the tip-off. Ballari with 374 cases topped the list last year.

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












