DODA: Reaching out to a tribal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district with many residents suffering from mysterious illness of being born deaf and dumb, the Army on Tuesday distributed specialised hearing aids among the differently-abled children besides starting tutorials to teach them sign language.
The hilltop tribal village, Dadhkai-A, 105 kilometres from Bhaderwah town, is home to 105 families, of whom 55 are affected with a mysterious disorder. Their 78 members, including 41 women and 30 children aged between 3-15 years, are born deaf and dumb.
Extending the community welfare development project to the village, an Army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit based at Bhaderwah started the initiative to provide specialised hearing aids to the affected population along with starting tutorials to teach them sign language to ensure they live an honorable life .
The programme was jointly inaugurated by Senior Superintendent of Police, Doda, Abdul Qayoom and Commanding Officer of four Rashtriya Rifles. Block Development Council (BDC) chairman Mohd Hanief Deedar was also present on the occasion.
