Srinagar, Oct 2 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir's prisons department on Sunday conducted an oral health awareness camp at the central jail here on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, officials said.

The camp was organised under the mission 'Reaching the Unreached', with the aim of spreading awareness about oral health, especially among prisoners. The prisons department collaborated with Safe Hands Dentistry for the initiative, they said.

Also Read | Udhampur Bus Blasts: Pakistan Exposed as Lashkar-E-Taiba Module Behind Explosions Uncovered, 1 Nabbed.

Medical and para-medical staff posted in the jail were also provided inputs and training to enhance their knowledge base under the training of trainers programme.

Such oral health awareness camps will be held in all jails in the Valley this month, the officials said.

Also Read | Jharkhand Accident: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Announces Rs 2 Lakh Ex-Gratia to Kin of People Killed in Road Mishap.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)