KNZ NEWS DESK
GANDERBAL, MARCH 09: Handicrafts Department Ganderbal today organized a day-long artisan awareness camp at Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School Ganderbal. The camp was inaugurated by Joint Director Handicrafts Kashmir, Sajid Yehaya Naqash.
The objective of organizing the camp was to make artisans and the general public aware of various welfare programmes and schemes of the department.
Speaking on the occasion, Joint Director Handicrafts emphasized upon the participants to make maximum use of welfare schemes of the department and urged upon them to take Handicrafts as their source of earning and livelihood.
He asked the concerned district officers to make sure that the benefits of newly designed schemes for artisans percolate down to the target public and conduct maximum awareness camps in the district, particularly in rural areas, with a target to motivate youth towards handicrafts sector which has great scope of employment, he added.
Assistant Director Handicraft, Ganderbal, District officer KVIB and other officers/ Officials of concerned departments besides large number of women beneficiaries were present.
