On Tuesday, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that the cases of teenage pregnancies have come down in the state. The change happened because of the action taken against the child marriage.

CM Sarma also provided statistics in support of his claim. He wrote in his X profile, “Registered teenage pregnancies in the state has come down drastically from 1,05, 942 in 2022-23 to 40,012 in 2023-24. We won’t rest until we bring this figure to zero”.

Our relentless pursuit against child marriage and teenage pregnancy is yielding positive results.

Registered teenage pregnancies in the State has come down drastically from 1,05,942 in 2022-23 to 40,012 in 2023-24.

We won't rest until we bring this figure to ZERO! pic.twitter.com/xe7xVsuTDz

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) December 19, 2023

According to the data presented by the CM Sarma, the twin districts of Dhubri and South Salmara had the highest cases of teenage pregnancies at 14,769 the previous year and this came down to 5,482 this year. The ranking list followed by Nagaon and Hojai districts, where it declined from 12,107 to 4,578.

Notably, the State Government under the leadership of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had launched a two-phases crackdown against the Child marriage in the months of February and October this year. And the crackdown led to nearly 5,500 arrests mostly in Muslim-dominates districts of Assam.

Also, it is worth mentioning that in different occasions, Sarma earlier said that the social menace would be completely eliminated by 2026 and all Gram Panchayat Secretaries will be designated as the Child Marriage Prevention Officers.