“The Onake Obavva Art of Self-Defence Training is aimed at instillingconfidence among girls to defend themselves against anti- social elements and also to facilitate their overall personalitydevelopment,” Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Nitesh Patil has said.
Speaking at the formal inauguration of the training programme for girl students of Dharwad district at the Gandhi Bhavan in Karnatak University, Dahrwad, on Tuesday, he said that the State Government had introduced a six-month training programme which contained 48 training hours to equip girls with techniques of self-defence.
