Inaugurates
sanitary napkin manufacturing unit at R S Pura
JAMMU,
MAY 26: Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta today said that the State
government has flagged women’s welfare as a priority as it is keen to see them
empowered and progressing in all walks of life.
Kavinder Gupta
was addressing a huge gathering of workers and local women after inaugurating a
manufacturing unit of sanitary napkins “Stree Swabhiman” here at R.S Pura.
The unit is a CSC
initiative for promoting women’s health and hygiene.
Welcoming the new venture in R S
Pura, Dy CM said that the empowerment of women is imperative for the
development of any society and the government is committed to facilitate women
in improving their living standards. He hoped more such units would be set up
to make available affordable sanitary pads and promote better menstrual hygiene
among women.
He further said that the product
will be affordable to rural women and it will help them discard their
traditional method of using unhygienic cloth. Minister accentuated that
educated youth should come forward and took benefits of the schemes and
programmes initiated by government. “Especially, unemployed youth can take the
benefits of government sponsored schemes like PMEGP, CMEGP, Udaan and many more
alike” he said.
Meanwhile, the Dy. CM also
distributed schools bags, books, water bottles and other stationary among the students
of Government Middle School Senarki, District Samba. He said that government is
committed to provide free education to the needy children especially girl
child.
Earlier, he also inaugurated newly constructed two ACR buildings at
Government Boys Middle School Gorakh Nagar completed at an estimated cost of Rs
8.27 lakh and a toilet complex constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission and
completed at an estimated cost of 13 lakh.