By Mayukh Goswami (PNI)

Mangaldai : Red Horns Army operating in Darrang and Udalguri districts for control of insurgency activities has observed that so long youths of the region are not empowered with some life skills and  educated  youths remain jobless  the problem of insurgency could not be solved permanently  simply by means of arms power . Keeping this observation in mind the unit of the Red Horns Army under its operation Sadbhavana for the year 2018-19  has recently come forward  with a new project  of free skill development training and job placement  for the local youths . As a part of this project a two months short  training programme on beautician  for a group of thirty local young girls from the families belonging to under privileged BPL category have been conducted . In this free of cost training  programme special focus on the all round learning of the trainees have also been made and the Army provided necessary ‘Kit’ to the trainees . Ashima Rishi , President of the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) of ‘Invictus Bde’ which has been supporting this mission encouraged the participants  with her presence in the valedictory ceremony  . Following the completion of the training all the trainees have developed self confidence among themselves  to start a venture of self reliance . This was informed on Thursday by a senior army official , presently functioning in army camp Chapai , Mangaldai . Meanwhile talking to this reporter a section of beneficiaries including Basanti Rabha of Nakhamra village , Deepa Devi of Khangkhalabari and Esha Daimary of Niz-Sonaigaon village have explained  the sustainable benefits of the programme and expressed their strong desire to start their income generating venture within a short period . “ It was an wonderful opportunity for us and this will enable to begin a fresh career .” , they shared .