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Heart warming! Kashmir’s ‘wall of kindness’ spreads warmth in biting cold

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Heart warming! Kashmir’s ‘wall of kindness’ spreads warmth in biting cold

As sub-zero temperature sets off a biting cold wave in Kashmir with Srinagar recording season’s low at minus 3.2 degree Celsius, people are hanging warm clothes on the “Wall of Kindness” for the poor and needy on the bank of river Jhelum.

A group at least 30 city youth volunteering with ‘Who is Hussain,’ a global organisation working in support of humanity, had set up ‘Wall of Kindness’ behind a dilapidated multi-storied hotel, on the banks of River Jhelum in the city centre Lal Chowk.

The idea of donating warm clothes by hanging them at different places was introduced in Turkey and followed by several other countries.

Also read: Cold wave returns to Kashmir Valley, Ladakh

People were surprised to see several hangers on a wall painted in black and white along the Jehlum embankment popularly known as the Bund. Several people were seen picking up the clothes without having to move from door-to-door.

The onlookers and the netizens appreciated the effort after finding that the motive behind it is to donate the clothes among the poor and needy. The State administration too has welcomed the initiative and provided permission to use the walls.

‘Wall of kindness’ has spread its wings to north Kashmir’s Baramulla, Sopore and Handwara towns, South Kashmir’s Pulwama town and central Kashmir’s  Budgam district. In Anantnag district, members and students of Whizkids school set up a ‘Wall of Kindness’ to help the underprivileged.

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