In 2016, liquor ban implemented in the state of Bihar. It’s time to review life and share women’s experience after that implementation. On 27th February, some women from Nalanda and Patna districts will be sharing their experiences with Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar at a function which is scheduled in Bihar. The event is a part of the ongoing Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan Yatra of CM Nitish Kumar.
Altogether 2,500 rural women from the Bihar Rural Livelihood Project (BRLP) JEEVIKA 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 implementation. They will also share their experiences related to dowry and child marriages and the impact of the government initiatives against these evil social practices on the event.
The story of changes in the lives of these 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. Songs and compositions based on these issues will also be played on the occasion that day. Films are made based on the experiences of the women from Jeevika about liquor ban, dowry and child marriages which will also be screened on that occasion.
The District Magistrate (DM) of Patna Chandrashekhar Singh said, “Altogether 2,500 Jeevika women from Nalanda and Patna will be here on the occasion. The gathering is huge. Invited people has been asked to maintain social distancing for safety precautions. For this purpose, seating plans has been arranged.”
