25,000 poor women achieve self-reliance in Narsingdi

NARSINGDI, Aug 9 (BSS): About 25,000 under privileged women and girls in the six upazilas of the district have achieved economic self-reliance through various income generation activities during the last ten years.

The women and girls with their own initiatives have taken training on various income generation programme from local Women Affairs Department, Youth Development Department and Livestock Department, sources concerned said.

These departments have also extended credit facilities to the women to help them undertaking different projects side by side with creating marketing facilities of their products, the sources added.