Sewing centre started in Nathowal for village girls

Ludhiana: With an aim of making girls of rural areas self-dependent, creating more job avenues for them, and working towards women’s empowerment, the District Rural Development Authority (DRDA), Ludhiana, has started the DRDA Sewing Centre at Nathowal village. This centre was inaugurated by block development and panchayat officer of Raikot, Rupinderjit Kaur, and assistant project officer Avtar Singh on Thursday.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Kaur said said several initiatives were started by the district administration of Ludhiana, and girls who trained at the centre would benefit financially to a large extent. Singh said DRDA was committed to provide job avenues for people residing in rural areas of the district. He also spoke about several welfare schemes in detail and assured that several development projects would also be started in the village shortly.
On this occasion, Raikot block samiti chairman Kirpal Singh Buttar, and district public relations officer Prabhdeep Singh Nathowal informed the gathering about several projects being run by the village gram panchayat, Nathowal Welfare Society, clubs, and NRIs in the village. They said that for the overall development of the village, initiatives would continue with the active support of other people.
The sewing course would be of six months duration, and would be completely free of cost. Upon the completion of this course, students would be given certificates by the district administration, which will be valid for getting jobs too.