New Delhi (NVI): Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) will set up exclusive departmental stores in all 10 historic Gurdwars in the national capital for economic empowerment of 1984 anti Sikh violence survivors under the brand name ‘1984 Stores’.
DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that the objective of these store is to enable thousands of Sikh families who are victims of the ‘heinous genocide’ in 1984 which took place after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
According to DSGMC these stores will run on the co-operative store model and will be managed by 1984 Anti Sikh Violence Survivors family members. The profits earned from the stores will be utilised for the welfare, advancement and development of 1984 anti Sikh survivors to ensure dignified livelihood to the victims families, DSGMC President said.
The first such departmental store in the series will be opened in the premises of the historic Gurdwara Bangla Sahib by the end of this month which will be one-stop-shop for customers for groceries items.
The second store will be opened in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj in January 2020 and the model will be replicated in all other Gurdwaras in the National Capital and ensure optimum benefits to the survivors.
“The departmental store will also sell articles of Sikh faith such as Sikh turbans, kangha, kara, kachera and Kirpan and Sikh Religion Books, Literature,” Sirsa said.
Sirsa further said that DSGMC will tie up with prestigious manufacturing companies, business houses and corporate sector like Verka, Nafed, Markfed for procuring these items on highly competitive prices so as to provide them to customers on reasonable rates to achieve the sole objectives of benefiting Survivors through business enterprise.
Around 3,000 Sikhs were massacred, around 11000 houses were burned damaged and 4000 commercial properties damaged or destroyed and around 3000 Sikhs members were seriously injured in 1984 Sikh massacre.
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