Srinagar: Breaking barriers, a first-ever festival to honour Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) - VYOM, 2023 inclusive two-day Purple Fest was on Saturday organized by the Department of Social Welfare at Abhedananda Home, Srinagar.
The fest was organized with the objectives of raising profiles and enhancing recognition of PWDs, showcasing talents and strengths of Divyangs, promoting PWDs as partners of growth, progression
The department of Animal husbandry has come up with a milk ATM in Pulwama town.
As part of his mobility, a well-read young man, Shabir Malik set up the first Milk ATM in Pulwama and provide 250 kgs free on the day it was inaugurated. The 200-litre capacity machine has dispensed 100 kgs a day, post-inauguration. The machine has an inbuilt Automatic Milk Control Unit that dispenses exact quantity as its Solid Non- Fat calibrator checks the fat content in milk. Though customers can pay cash there is an option of the pre-paid card too. Animal Husbandry Department has provided him with a 2000-litre Big Milk Cooler that keeps the milk at 4 degrees Celsius and extends its shelf life to three days. Under the existing scheme, the government provides a fifty per cent subsidy.
10 Specially Abled Children Passed 12th, 4 With Distinction
Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: In the Twelth class examinations, the results of which were declared by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE), all the ten specially-abled students of Abhedananda Home have passed with flying colours. Hailing from far-flung areas of Kashmir, four out of 10 students also got distinctions.
The 10 inmates of Abhinanda Home, who passed the 12th class examination with flying colours. The results were announced on March 8, 2021.
The excited school administration said all 10 students who passed the examination are hearing and speech impaired (deaf and mute).
Manzoor Ahmad, Principal said that presently, 100 students are enrolled in the oldest special school, established in 1941, and the only higher secondary institution for specially-abled children. “The institution has 90 hearing and speech impairment (Deaf and Mute) students enrolled and 10 visually impaired (Blind) C