Showing posts with label #Martyr Naik Nirmal Singh# A video went viral on social media# Help poured in for mother of soldier killed in J&K in 1999#. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Martyr Naik Nirmal Singh# A video went viral on social media# Help poured in for mother of soldier killed in J&K in 1999#. Show all posts

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Martyr Naik Nirmal Singh's Mother :A video, Which Went Viral on Social Media, Has Brought this Dramatic Change in The Life of Martyr Mother

80-year-old Jageer Kaur ,Mother of Naik Nirmal Singh.
Recently, her video went viral in which she was upset over financial crisis."I have no money and hence I work as a NREGA worker,” 

On August 6, the Government Senior Secondary School of Kusla village was named after School named after her son Martyer Naik Nirmal Singh.




Help pour in for mother of soldier killed in J&K in 1999 after A video, which went viral on social media, has brought this dramatic change in the life of this mother of eight.

Her son, , was killed in Operation Rakshak in J&K in 1999 at the age of 21. The other sons did not take care of her. So, 80-year-old Jageer Kaur from Kusla village in Mansa district has been working as a MGNREGA worker for more than five years.

Care has finally come her way — from good Samaritans. NGO Nirvair Khalsa Aid of Yamunagar came forward to repair her house — the repair is still going on.

Another NGO, Sarbat Da Bhala Trust, has started giving her a pension of Rs 5,000 per month from August onwards. Not only this, Rs 1.35 lakh has been donated in her bank account.

Recently, her video went viral in which she was upset over financial crisis and even said I have no money and hence I work as a NREGA worker,” the sarpanch said.

However, now Jageer lives in the pucca house of her son Hardev Singh along with her grandchildren as her portion of the house is being renovated. “After the video went viral, her children might have felt embarrassed. Otherwise, earlier the woman was living alone in the damaged house,” the sarpanch said.

On 6th August 2020, the Government Senior Secondary School of Kusla village was named after Shaheed Naik Nirmal Singh. In addition, financial help of Rs 51,000 was provided by Bikram Moffar, chairman, Mansa Zila Parishad, to the old woman.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/help-pour-in-for-mother-of-soldier-killed-in-jk-in-1991-6546726/

Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa Collge
University of Delhi