Assam Rifles Distributes Sewing Machines to Needy Women in Manipur

Imphal, June 18, 2019:

With an aim to provide basic amenities to locals (especially the weaker section of the society residing in the remote areas), the Assam Rifles distributed 24 sewing machines to needy women to make them self reliant and a source of income to achieve meaningful socio-economic development at Community Hall, Khongampat in Imphal West district of Manipur on Monday.

Presiding over the function, the President of the Meira Paibi (women vigilante) OF Khongampat area, T Devi praised the thoughtful initiative of the security forces and said that this gesture will pave way for socio-economic upliftment and development of the region and, in turn, result in peace and harmony in the state.

The Zonal President ARRWA, HQ 9 Sector Assam Rifles urged the women folk to make optimum use of the sewing machines for adequate skill development in addition to women empowerment, thereby weaning them away from negative impacts of insurgency.

Subsequently, the sewing machines were handed over to the women. A villager named S Chaoba, who was among the 500 locals who had attended the function, appreciated the gesture of the Assam Rifles in reaching out to them and hoped that this effort would go a long way in further cementing the bond between the people of Manipur and the armed forces.

The Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary force of India. The unit can trace its lineage back to a paramilitary police force that was formed under the British in 1835 called Cachar Levy.

Since then, the Assam Rifles have undergone a number of name changes—the Assam Frontier Police (1883), the Assam Military Police (1891) and Eastern Bengal and Assam Military Police (1913), before finally becoming the Assam Rifles in 1917

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