Teenage elopement widespread in Kalikot

As many as 169 incidents of child marriage were reported in Tilgupha Municipality and Shubhakalika Rural Municipality last year.

Five years ago, a 14-year-old girl of Kotwada in Naraharinath Rural Municipality-1 eloped with a 16-year-old boy of Tilgupha Municipality-7. A year later, at age 15, the teenager gave birth to a girl. The birth of the baby girl was the beginning of bad days for the young mother.