patna the bihar state women development corporation on friday launched its social awareness programme utho sahelithe programme which was inaugurated by social development minister damodar raut aims to conserve the tradition of folk art provide a large platform to rural artists and link art with livelihoodmahadalit commission chairman rishidev who was the chief guest on the occasion also lauded the efforts of the state government in creating awareness about empowerment among rural womenthe programme which also aims to create awareness and sensitivity about women related issues started with a motivational song three nukkad nataks were also staged at the bhikari thakur rangbhumithree cultural teams neha gramin vikas samiti from nawada yogi seva sansthan vaishali and surbhi sanskritik samiti patna presented three plays focusing on female foeticide witchcraft and child marriage respectively the play presented by the vaishali group won accolades for the presentation and the theme raut said development of bihar is directly linked with the development of women our programmes and schemes therefore focus on mukhyamantri nari shakti yojana which talks of comprehensive and sustainable women empowermentproject director of bswdc irina sinha said under the threeday programme utho saheli icds will launch a programme hamari munia on saturday the programme aims to prevent discrimination against girl childits another objective is to create awareness in rural areas on mukhaymantri kanya suraksha yojana and mukhayamantri kanya vivah yojana