KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
The Centre for Research and Development Policy (CRDP) will distribute awards among many Kashmiri youth for their outstanding rescue and relief work during the devastative 2014 September floods.
The award distribution ceremony will be a part of a seminar to be held in Srinagar on 6 and 7 September, 2015 to commemorate the first anniversary of September deluge.
Director CRDP, Dr Peer GN Suhail, said, “award-giving ceremony will acknowledge the outstanding rescue and relief work done by people from all walks of life especially the local youth referred to as ‘Brave Hearts’.”
“The seminar will look at the critical assessment of the impact of floods on Kashmir economy, tourism, agriculture and the challenges and opportunities for its revival, and, more importantly, the role of different stakeholders in sustainable development of the state,” Dr Suhail said.
While deliberating about the procedure of selections for awards, Dr Suhail informed, “the nominations for awards will come directly from the people through e-mail and regular mail, including courier, after which a panel of credible judges shall make a selection of the people to be honoured.”
“People interested in sending in their nominations are requested to describe in around 400 words (maximum one page) why a particular person is being nominated for the award.”
The last date for sending in nominations has been fixed as August 15, 2015.
