Members of various NGOs took out a rally on Sunday to mark International Men’s Day. Representatives of Save Family Harmony and Men’s Welfare Ministries organised the procession from VUDA Park to GVMC.

They said that the voluntary associations aim at creating awareness on men’s rights, providing counselling and organising social activities.

Further, they mentioned that their concerted effort was to bring down the suicide rate by lending moral support to depressed persons.

Members of the NGOs attributed the rise in the suicide rate among divorced men to false cases filed under Section 498A. They urged the need to spread awareness about men’s rights and demanded a separate ministry for the welfare of men.

V. Madhusuhdan Raju of Save Family Harmony and M. Seshagiri Rao of Men’s Welfare Ministries, a voluntary organisation, participated.