Srinagar, Dec 5 : The Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today distributed orders of appointment among a group of youth who lost their eyesight due to pellet injuries in stone pelting incidents in the Valley last year.
It may be recalled that on September 14 and 28 the Chief Minister had also disbursed financial assistance among two groups of such pellet victims. Besides, the Chief Minister had supervised the treatment of these victims last year as well.
Mehbooba Mufti, it may be mentioned here, has initiated a series of measures for the rehabilitation, social integration and empowerment of youth of the State. Recently the Chief Minister directed withdrawal of cases against more than four thousand youth involved in various cases of law and order nature. The step was widely hailed by all sections of society.