21 differently-abled, 'masked' couples to tie knot at Udaipur to endorse 'Say No To Dowry' campaign

Jaipur: With an aim to endorse the social awareness campaign 'Say No to Dowry' and spread an awareness on Covid appropriate behaviour, 21 masked couples who are differently-abled and underprivileged is set to tie the knot in Rajasthan's Udaipur.

"A total of 21 differently-abled and underprivileged couples will be masked while tying the knot at a mass wedding ceremony in Rajasthan's Udaipur city and shall follow all norms of social distancing while simultaneously endorsing the 19-year-old flagship campaign 'Say No to Dowry'" said Prashant Agarwal, President, Narayan Seva Sansthan.

"NSS will be conducting the 36th Mass wedding in September as our team is fully-prepared to follow all safety measures during the ongoing pandemic. Our strategy is to follow social distancing norms to avoid any hazards. The upcoming mass marriage ceremony has been planned with a social awareness campaign 'Say No to Dowry'. Couples and well-wishers shall keep distance from each other by wearing masks during the wedding," he added.

Earlier in 2020, a total of 47 differently-abled, underprivileged couples tied nuptial knots at a mass wedding ceremony here.Till the 35th mass wedding ceremony, 2098 couples, who are physically disabled have tied the knot here.

NSS in the last few months has been quite busy helping out the poor and helping the needy during the pandemic.Recently, it distributed free ration kits to 109 blind needy families in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Also, it has been conducting various campaigns during Covid-19 such as distribution and delivery of free corona medicine kits, food distribution and free of cost ration kits across India.

The NGO is planning to distribute ration kits in Jaipur, Amroha, Udaipur, Mathura, Bhubaneswar and Kaithal to the needy to fight the Covid wave. In these camps, under the 'Mask is necessary' campaign, instructions are also being given to strictly follow the rules of social distancing and wearing of masks.

"We are planning to prepare for the third Covid wave and its challenges by creating awareness campaigns and providing masks and sanitisation kits through our campaigns," said Agarwal.