Kupwara: The Army has set up a cutting and tailoring center for women in the far-flung village of Dardpora in the Kupwara district of North Kashmir. Dardpora is a remote village with a population of approximately 9500 people. The village is underdeveloped due to its geographical location, and most of the people here are unemployed and poor.
Masrat Jaan, a local said, “We are very grateful to the Indian army for providing us this center. We do the tailoring inside the center. We make ‘Sheeran’ and ‘suits’, then sell them outside”.
‘We are very grateful to the army who by opening a skilled development center in our village did a great favor to us. Due to their support, we got to work in a skill development center. A few girls have been trained. Some are still learning,” Naseema Bano, another local said.
Residents of the area said that the center will initially help the girls set up a self-sustaining infrastructure unit on a small scale.
Javeed Mir, Sarpanch said, “The skill development is a good initiative where the local girls would be trained properly. Due to such initiatives, self-employment will be generated in the area. Girls will earn their income themselves”.
Asif dar, Incharge cutting tailoring unit said, “Due to this initiative our unemployed girls have benefitted a lot. they will start to earn their income. We are thankful to the army who opened a skill development center, the first of its kind, here in Dardpora Kupwara.”
The Centre has three rooms with four stitching machines for basic training.
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