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| 16 per cent girls married off below 18 years in Rajouri, Poonch: Survey | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, April 18:
Nearly 16.3 per cent girls in Poonch and 15.7 per cent in Rajouri are married off before the age of 18 years.
In a survey conducted by the state government under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) it has been found that around 7.2 per cent of the girls in Jammu and Kashmir are married before the legally marriageable age by their parents and in some cases without their consent.
Survey conducted by the government says that in institutional birth (deliveries in health centers), Poonch is at lowest ebb with 23 per cent of the births in health institutions followed by Udhampur where only 27.7 per cent of the females were born in government established centres. However, situation is better in Pulwama where 77.5 per cent institutional births have been registered followed by Leh-Ladakh, with 71 per cent of the population using services of health centers.
The survey pointed out that the minor marriages are routine in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir, which has a special legislation in force to prevent such practice. Jammu and Kashmir Child Marriage (Restrain) Act prescribe punishment for not only a male who despite being a major contracts marriage with a minor but also holds parents and guardian of such minor equally responsible. As per the anti-natal check up in districts, mountainous Doda and border district of Poonch are at lowest point. People wish to plan families but do not use FP methods. That is need to study why they do not use any methods”, said a official associated with the survey. In terms of rate of population growth Kupwara is fastest growing district, followed by Anantnag, Srinagar and Kargil.
Survey further says that three fourth of the population lives in urban areas. This percentage is 44 per cent Jammu. “Situation is much better in southern districts which fall under Jammu region, while district in Kashmir region have poor record of public health”, said an official.
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