286 Couples Tie the Knot Under Collective Marriage Scheme in Pratapgarh

Pratapgarh: The first phase of the Chief Minister’s Collective Marriage Scheme was held at the GIC ground in the city on Tuesday. A total of 286 couples took seven rounds after holding each other’s hands during the ceremony.

The target for the first phase had been set at 310 couples. The event was organised by the Social Welfare Department, which conducted the marriages of all the brides and grooms at the same mandap.

The chief guests at the ceremony included Sadar MLA Rajendra Maurya, the Rajya Sabha MP’s representative and MP representative B.L. Patel. The guests blessed the newly married couples and wished them a happy married life.

District Social Welfare Officer Nagendra Kumar Maurya said that a total target has been set to conduct the marriages of 1,155 couples in the district under the scheme.

He said the ceremonies will be organised in four phases on 3, 6, 16 and 19 November. The event at the GIC ground marked the first of these four phases. The 286 couples who participated in the ceremony were married together as part of the government’s collective marriage programme.