CM launches ‘Mahila Samvad’ for women’s empowerment

Patna: CM Nitish Kumar on Friday launched ‘Mahila Samvad' campaign to connect and inform women about the welfare measures being taken by the state govt for their empowerment.
The ‘Mahila Samvad' programme will be organised at around 70,000 locations across the state in which more than two crore women will participate, a communique issued from the chief minister's office (CMO) said.
A letter written by the CM addressed to women was also released at the function.
The CM also flagged off ‘Mahila Samvad' (women dialogue) awareness vehicles for all districts from his official residence at 1, Anne Marg in the state capital here.
"These vehicles will travel to all 38 districts and spread awareness about govt welfare schemes for women and facilitate dialogue, particularly in rural and remote areas. The campaign aims to educate, inspire, and connect women with resources and opportunities that are being provided through state-run schemes for women," the CMO said.
"All the awareness vehicles have been branded on all sides. This will draw the attention of the public towards the state govt's efforts for women's welfare during programmes in the village or while the awareness vehicle moves from one village to another," the communique said.
The communique further said, "The problems which will be brought in the notice during the ‘Mahila Samvad' will be resolved quickly at various levels. It will help the govt in further formulating policies and schemes for women. Problems of women will be discussed in the presence of senior officials during the campaign and will be resolved immediately."
"The women-related development works executed by the state govt will be shown through the video films during the campaign. Around 600 vehicles are being used with large television screens for this purpose. The suggestions received during the campaign will be compiled by officials," the CMO said.
Prominent among those who attended the function were deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, water resources minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, rural development minister Shravan Kumar, chief secretary Amrit Lal Meena and development commissioner Pratyaya Amrit.
Earlier, state's rural development department secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh gave a presentation before the CM about the ‘Mahila Samvad' campaign.