Kalakote, Aug. 1 -- Girdhari Lal, a teacher at Government Middle School (GMS) Sudheen, Zone Pouni, District Reasi, and a resident of Village Bardoh, Tehsil Khour, District Jammu, was honoured by Dr. Mohammad Tanvir, JKAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kalakote, in the presence of Manik Singh Rathore, First Class Magistrate and Tehsildar Kalakote, for his exceptional contribution to girls' education and social welfare.

Working under the motto "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao," Girdhari Lal has paid the admission fees of about 1,500 orphan, Divyang, Scheduled Tribe and economically weaker girls across Jammu & Kashmir from his own salary. He has also supported the admission of several poor girls in the Kalakote jurisdiction by bearing their educat...