STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The 8-day capacity building training programme for Self Help Groups, formed under Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), concluded here at Udhampur.
Being conducted by Destitute and Handicapped Welfare Association (DAHWA), the training programme was sponsored by State Level Nodal Agency for Integrated Watershed Management promamme, Department of Rural Development, Udhampur.
During the training programme, nearly 41 Self Help Groups comprising 290 members were imparted training in different trades like Fisheries, basket making, poultry/dairy, bee-keeping, sericulture, sheep rearing and bank linkage.
The areas covered included Chapper, Jakhed, Paddar Dudu, Pachound, Kirchi Dudu, Bandhole.
The expert team, led by DAHWA Chairperson, Surat Singh Sumbria comprised of Rajender Kumar Raina expert Sericulture. K.D Kurhan expert Diary/poultry, Naresh Sharma expert Fisheries, Madan Lal Sheep rearing, Dhiwinder Singh bee-keeping and Mani Ram basket making.
Project Officer IWMP Udhampur, Attar Chand contributed valuable innovations to make the programme a real success.
Besides, social mobilisers IWMP Milap Singh and Kirpal Singh accompanied the team during the training progamme.
