Student Relief fund set up for Kashmiri students in Kota

A student relief fund has been formed to help the Kashmiri students facing financial crunches due to the lockdown in Kashmir for 2 months. The relief fund which has collected over Rs. 2 Lakh was formed due to the appeal of Shehar Quazi of Kota, Anwar Ahmad.

Jangli Shah Baba Dargah Mahfik Khana on Kota organized a get-together of Kashmiri students on the call of the Shehar Quazi in which Kashmiri students from the different coaching institutes participated along with the Kota City SP Deepak Bhargav, directors of the different coaching institutions, representative of Muslim Social Organisations.

The students shared their problems of meeting the expenditures such as hostel fees, daily expenses, mess charges at the gathering following which a student relief fund was constituted in which several organizations offered their financial contributions in the fund. One of the Kashmiri students who participated in the gathering said that earlier he used to receive money from his parents to reach his expenses but he has not been able to get it since the lockdown in the valley.

Rs. 1 lakh was contributed by the Alfalah Education and Welfare Trust Kota, while Rs. 50000 each was donated through Markazi Betulmaal and Kheldaar community according to Gaffar Mirza of Sarvodaya group, Kota. He also added that funds will be provided through public contributions for the students from Kashmir.

The central government on August 5, 2019, revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by removing Article 370 from the constitution. After this, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was on a total blackout with communications in the state cut for close to a month.

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