Army sets up bakery for women

Jammu, March 3

The Army, in collaboration with an NGO, has established a bakery as part of its women empowerment programme in a remote village in Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday.

The Army came out with a pedagogy project to help create employment opportunities for the women of the area by assisting them to enhance their skills, the spokesman said. He said the women of underdeveloped remote expanses were also looking forward to becoming self-reliant and strive hard to improve themselves and their family’s quality and standard of life.

“The Army appreciated and recognised this requirement of the local civil population at Kalakot and in collaboration with Aseem Foundation started corn products and caramelized walnuts bakery for the women of the village,” the spokesman said.

He said 10 unemployed women from Kalakot were selected and trained for 21 days. — PTI