AnyTV Bureau, Aurangabad (Maharashtra).
Published by: Jeet Kumar
Updated Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:22 AM IST
Summary
Bakapur Sarpanch Kavita Salve said, “After this decision, the women of our village started being heard in the matter of houses. She can freely express her opinion.
The Bakapur Panchayat of Maharashtra set a unique example to give women equal status and ownership rights in the house. In this village of 2000 houses, the names of women are recorded on all the doors in the name of owner or co-owner.
This unique initiative was started in the year 2008 through special provision in the Gram Panchayat. The names of women recorded outside their homes in Bakapur village, located 20 km from Aurangabad, are said to give them equal rights.
Bakapur Sarpanch Kavita Salve told about this, after this decision the women of our village started being heard in the matter of houses. She can freely express her opinion.
Earlier men used to sell houses
Former sarpanch Sudamrao Palaskar, who gave women these unique rights during his reign, says that earlier there was a fear that men could sell the houses without asking the family.
- This decision was taken in view of some such old cases. By doing this, not only did women and children get security, but women also got the right to make decisions in the matters of the household.
- When this proposal was brought, there were seven members in the Gram Panchayat at that time, no one opposed it. Today, the names of women on the nameplate of every house in Bakapur show their ownership.
Not only this, even if one wants to buy a house in Bakapur, he has to keep his wife as co-owner.
Expansion
The Bakapur Panchayat of Maharashtra set a unique example to give women equal status and ownership rights in the house. In this village of 2000 houses, the names of women are recorded on all the doors in the name of owner or co-owner.
This unique initiative was started in the year 2008 through special provision in the Gram Panchayat. The names of women recorded outside their homes in Bakapur village, located 20 km from Aurangabad, are said to give them equal rights.
Bakapur Sarpanch Kavita Salve told about this, after this decision the women of our village started being heard in the matter of houses. She can freely express her opinion.
Earlier men used to sell houses
Former sarpanch Sudamrao Palaskar, who gave women these unique rights during his reign, says that earlier there was a fear that men could sell the houses without asking the family.
- This decision was taken in view of some such old cases. By doing this, not only did women and children get security, but women also got the right to make decisions in the matters of the household.
- When this proposal was brought, there were seven members in the Gram Panchayat at that time, no one opposed it. Today, the names of women on the nameplate of every house in Bakapur show their ownership.
Not only this, even if one wants to buy a house in Bakapur, he has to keep his wife as co-owner.