In order to empower women in the district, a Self Help Group (SHG) was formed and various activities organised under the guidance of Collector Ritu Sen.
Group members are taking advantage of skill training programmes either on individual level or on collective level.
Recently, at the closing ceremony of training for women programme at Government Polytechnic College, Ambikapur, the Collector appealed to all the women to execute what they learned from the training when they go back to their respective places.
They should set an example with all the construction work they perform. Other expert masons should be influenced by work and other women should be inspired by this and can make them financially sound.
Keeping in mind the construction of toilets under “Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan” and various other construction works, large number of women were interested in having training of Raj Mistry.
During the training, women were told about soil testing, compressed mud bricks, layout, plastering, building foundations etc. After the programme, tools required for the work were given to these women. Training imparted to these women from 8 am to 6 pm as per the set agenda.
Professor RJ Pandey, Sanjeev Singh, teachers and students of civil branch imparted training to these women from May 11 to May 25. There were participants of 6 development blocks in the second batch consisting of 87 each from Ambikapur and lakhanpur, 38 from Mainpat, 74 from Udaipur, 17 from lundra and 56 from Sitapur. Total 700 participants were trained in both the batches.