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Read about the mass marriages that cement religious faiths in Mota Angiya village of Nakhatrana taluka in Kutch district. Brahmin priests and Kazi prepare a Nikah Nama under one roof. The event has seen 108 couples tie the knot, out of which 76 were Hindu and the rest Muslim. The village panchayat organizes the mass marriage and ensures the couples receive necessary support for starting their new life. ....
The village of Patidad in Gondal, India has decided to celebrate its girl child by putting up nameplates outside their homes with their daughters' nam ....
Bharti Garva (second from left) won by 117 votes in Bhuj taluka village. (TOI Photo) RAJKOT: The 20-year-old Bharti Garva won by 117 votes to become the first sarpanch of the Balika Panchayat in Kunariya village of Bhuj taluka on Monday. The village held the election to elect Balika Panchayat, a unique body to be governed by girls below the age of 21 to address the issues faced by women and adolescent girls. All the four contesting candidates campaigned aggressively for a week prior to the election. The newly-elected sarpanch, Garva, who is pursuing her graduation through distance learning, is all geared up for the new role. “The experience of Balika Panchayat will be useful in effective implementation of 50% women reservation in Panchayati raj. We will focus on issues like health, education, nutritional food and we will also organize training for the career enhancement of girls,” Garva said. ....
Visionary Village RAJKOT: While big cities are choking under Covid’s deadly grip, hamlets are showing better resilience while staving off the killer virus or even by fighting it off. Mota Angiya, a village of Kutch district, is proving to be a clear example in how to handle the pandemic. While it has four active cases, the village has armed itself in advance to defeat advances of the contagion. The village, located just 5km off Nakhatrana taluka, has announced 100% panchayat tax waiver for the financial year 2021-22 for those families in which all the adult members have taken two shots of the Covid vaccine. It has also completed its target of 60% vaccination of the first dose for people above 45 years of age. ....
The team of government officials organized awareness programmes for the initiative and in January this year, they tasted success Rajkot: When in Nakhatrana taluka of Kutch district, you will be lost if you don’t know the name of the girl in the family you are visiting. As nameplates in two villages here will only tell you about the daughter that resides in that house, not her pedigree! So, welcome to Mota Angiya and Nirona villages where women rule the roost, literally. And what augured the change? An initiative of the district women and child development department to convince the residents that girls too matter. ....