Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Sept. 22 -- : The Indian army has organised a 45-day free cutting and tailoring course for girls living in remote areas of Larnoo Kokernag in Anantnag district of South Kashmir.
This free training course has been organized by 19 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) with the aim of empowering women through skills and making them independent.
"If we talk about the Larnoo, it is a far-flung and remote area where opportunities are few. People over here approached us for some development programme. Hence we took up the 45-day cutting and trailing programme," 19 RR course in charge Caption Pankaj Sharma told ANI.
"Under this programme, we are basically targeting poor people and our aim is to get these girls to train so that the...