Thread by @RadioChinar

#IndianArmy going the extra mile to extend a helping to people of Jammu & #Kashmir: A #Thread

In addition to carrying out relentless Anit-#Terrorists operations the armed forces can always be seen going out of their way to helps the needful people in #Kashmir
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#IndianArmy Operation Sadbhavana in Jammu & #Kashmir encompasses improving the overall core social indices through quality education, women and youth #empowerment, infrastructure #development & #health and veterinary Care.
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#IndianArmy over the years has established 43 #Army Goodwill Schools & rendered assistance to number of State Government run schools in remote areas through renovation, construction of additional class rooms..
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..libraries, toilets, playgrounds, sports facilities, provisioning of furniture, computers, educational software packages, stationary, and books. Approximately 1,50,000 plus students have benefited in last 22 years obtaining middle & higher secondary level education.
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The popularity of #Army Goodwill #Schools can be measured by the fact that there is a growing clamour by local population for opening more such schools. Approximately 14500 #Kashmiri students are currently studying in these schools.
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Approximately 1500 students from economically weaker sections are receiving scholarships. Most of the students benefiting from these #scholarship #schemes have also been assisted in obtaining admissions in institutes outside of #Jammu and #Kashmir.
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Besides imparting quality education these Goodwill #Schools are also providing employment to qualified youth of the State. As on date nearly 1000 teaching & non teaching staff is employed in various Goodwill schools.
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The Kashmir Super 30 project is another initiative by #Army in 2013-2014. A total of 208 students have undergone coaching till 2019 in the institution with 182 getting selected in various engineering colleges across #India (8/36)

In 2017 as many as 28 students from #Kashmir belonging to economically weaker sections have made to top institutions like #Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) and NITs with the help of the army's 'Kashmir Super 30' initiative.
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Son of a manual labour who struggles hard for survival, and makes Rs 200 to 300 a day and sometimes without anything, his son Waheed Ahmed Sheikh, 19, from #Baramulla, cleared JEE mains with 99.08. #Super 30 changed his life & he is forever grateful for that.
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Another student, Bilal Ahmad said his dreams are turning into reality as his family couldn’t afford education. His father is a labour, and he has a big family.
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Another initiative by #Army is the establishment of Women empowerment centers across Jammu & #Kashmir. The aim of these centers is upliftment & empowerment of women who are educationally & economically background, through skill development, making them self-reliant
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These #Women #Empowerment Centre give the women an opportunity to earn an honourable livelihood thus generating a sense of financial security and well-being amongst them.
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#IndianArmy also organises Capacity Building tour, which aims to develop trust & reignite the minds of youth towards #national integration. As part of this tour, youth visit various places across #India.
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Recently in Feb the #army has sent 20 students from the #Kashmir Valley to Delhi under the Capacity Building Tour (CBT) where they met the #president and saw historic monuments.
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By the end of December 2019, under Capacity Building Tour (CBT), as many as 550 #students including 393 boys and 128 girls from valley got an opportunity to travel outside of Jammu, #Kashmir and Ladakh regions to various places of country.
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In an endeavor to empower Kashmiri youth, #IndianArmy has also established Youth Skill Training Centres in #Kashmir.
These state-of-the-art equipped centres imparts highly skilled training under National Skill Development Centre to unemployed educated youths of Kashmir.
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They run courses in tailoring, tourism & hospitality management, Information Technology, Computer Hardware, Mobile Repairing, food Processing ,Saffron Processing, to name a few which assist in increasing self-reliance & self-employment opportunities to #Kashmiri youths (18/36)

They also train & impart entrepreneurial skills to establish own small businesses in order to generate self-employment.This will help in evolving a conducive environment for the youth to hone their expertise & present a platform of opportunities to flourish in the society
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#Army also organises Job fairs of regular basis for these youths.
In a recently conducted job fair on 8 September in Lolab valley Gujjarpatti 9 boys were given job offers by various agencies and were placed all across the #Kashmir valley..
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..in various sectors such as Hotel Industry, Petroleum and #Tourism Industry. The families of the youth getting the jobs were thankful and praised the efforts in helping their wards get another chance to lead a better life.
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In addition #Army also organizes frequent free medical check-up camp and provided free medicines at far flung area in #Kashmir where medical facilities are scarce with an aim to provide basic medical facilities for patients who could not afford the treatments or medicines
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#IndianArmy is one of the biggest contributor in boosting sports activities in #Kashmir, helping youth in realizing their potential & perusing their dreams in the field of #sports.
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#IndianArmy organises regular sports tournaments and training camps for Athletics, Football, Volleyball, Martial-arts, Wushu and #Cricket giving the youths a chance to explore their talents and build upon them.
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Recently on 31 aug #army organised a sports festival in Niru Valley of Bandipore. The Festival included track events of 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters sprints and 4 x 400 meters relay race, field events of Javelin Throw, Long jump, High Jump, Archery competition.
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A total of 136 athletes from 10 different villages of the region participated in the sports fest. The participation of the youth in such overwhelming numbers bears testimony to the fact that these sons of the soil are no less than the best.
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#IndianArmy is supporting the #Kashmiri youth both morally as well as financially to give shape to their talent. If the youth has choosen sports and books instead of stones and Arms, its only due to the hardwork & efforts of Indian #Army Soldiers.
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The Indian Army also periodically conducts free pre-recruitment training for youth to guide them join the Army & fulfill their dream of serving the country. Around 2500 Kashmiri youth participated in the recruitment drive conducted by Indian Army in #Baramulla in 2019
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Under operation Sadbhavna the army had recently conducted bricklaying around a local pond in Rajpura Kaular village, they even constructed a community hall adjacent to the lake. Army has also built several bathrooms for women in remote areas keeping in mind female hygiene
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In an effort to promote sports to channelise energy amongst the youth in the valley recently the Indian army inaugurated a basketball court and the Government Highschool in Madana, located at the border area of the Poonch district.
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In Kashmir #army is sharing a great advantage of being physically everywhere.Hundreds of villages in the border area were facing shortfalls in amenities. Here #Army initiatives complements the efforts of civil in aspects of drinking water, connectivity & solar lights.
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Churunda a zero line village in Uri sector far from the eyes of civilian government until recent past, the village had a first road built by army, besides ferrying the local populace in their own vehicles.
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Few years ago a villager Alam U Din’s wife was dying with labour pain at home, they had no vehicle to ferry her to the hospital- 25 kilometres away in Uri town. The army provided a jeep & fortunately him wife & son- both survived.
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Inside every uniform is a father, a son & a brother with human heart. Forces never overlooks the sufferings of their people. Their efforts are always to stand by them as a good & strong neighbour during the hours of their need or crisis. These are the ethos of #IndianArmy
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#Indianarmy is acknowledged for its unshakeable faith & reputation even by its adversaries. It can be seen proactively fighting the floods,earthquakes or any other natural calamity. It is the first responder in all situation. When it comes to Kashmir,it is a friend indeed
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These men in their olive green fatigues are true heroes who have been working silently, away from the spotlight, not caring for fame or glory, only to help make life a little easier for their countrymen in #Kashmir.
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