BANDIPORE: “Bhanware
ki gunjan hai mera dil,kab se samhale rakha hai dil” the melodious song
of movie Kal Aaj aur Kal played by the Bandipore Rocksatar the musical
band at Harmukh College of Education to welcome GOC Chinar Corps, Lt Gen
Syed Ata Hasnain and all the Sarpanches of Bandipore, mystified the
whole enviorment and grabbed the
attention towards the the group.
Gen
Hasnain along with GOC Kilo Force Maj Gen Ravi Thodge, Mrs Manju
Thodge, Brig Anil Puri, CdrBandiporeBrigade and the DC, Bandipore were
present on the occasion to felicitate the students of Skill Development
Programme ‘Authrout’ (helping hands) by confering them with certificate
of participation. The program was being run by Dr Reddy’s Foundation
under the ageis of Army and the Civil Administration in Bandipore. The
first batch of 27 students were sent to Delhi for their interviews by
Dr Reddy’s Foundation on 19 Feb. General Hasnain flagged off the
second batch of 17 students who left Bandipore on Friday for their
interviews in Delhi.
While interacting with the female students, Mrs
Thodge motivated them to aspire for more and better opportunities in
life. Brig Anil Puri, Commander 81 Mountain Brigade thanked DC Bandipore
and SP Bandipore for their active support in making‘Athrout’ a
success. He also informed that the interviews for the second batch of
Skill Development were complete and the same would commence from the 10th of this month in which the focus group will be 10th class dropouts and 12th class dropouts. This programme is to be run byIL & FS under the State run intiative called “Himayat”.
This is the first time in the state that the Administration and the
“Himayat” Team has come together to take the programme to the grassroot
level through the “ Youth Employment Guidance
Nodes”.
General Hasnain
congratulated the students on completion of the course and at becoming
ready for a new phase in life. Addessing the gathering which included
sarpanches of various villages of Bandipore District, he said that the
valley is going through a change and the smiling faces of youth and
elders is a proof of this positive change. He also assured that the
Army is always ready to provide every possible help which can make the
valley more peaceful and prosporeous
DC
Bandipore Jenab Manzoor Ahmed Lone emphasised on the importance of
skill development training and advised the students that one has to
struggle if one has to succeed in life. He also guided the students on
the importance of making a start without being bogged down by the start,
big or small. Jenab Usman Majid,Ex MLA Bandipore also thanked the Army
for taking up this new initiative for the betterment of youth of
Bandipore and involving Civil Administration, the polity and Police
department with them for making it effective and sucessful.
The
sarpanch of Bunakot, Mr Bashir said that it is only thanks to these
kind of programmes that the youth will get a new lease of life.
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