E Singhbhum admn rolls out 'library on wheel'

The East Singhbhum district administration today launched a 'library on wheel' aimed at making people aware about Jharkhand government's various welfare schemes, especially villagers and youths in the Naxal-hit areas.
Equipped with over 200 books including various government magazines highlighting welfare schemes and programme, weekly and monthly magazines, knowledge books and general knowledge books for school children and daily news papers, the movable library was mounted on a government vehicle.
Sanjay Kumar, District Public Relation Officer (DPRO), said the library reached Gurma on the National Highway 33 of the district, where the villagers and students have enjoyed reading books of their choice, Kumar said.

DPRO said the objective make rural masses particularly youths in remote and naxal-affected area aware about employment opportunities, development and latest news around the globe through employment news, news dailies, monthly magazines, government magazines highlighting various schemes and general knowledge books.
The library on wheel was launched on experiment basis and would be given a better shape depending on the response of rural masses, he said adding that a similar library will also be launched in slum areas of urban pockets on Monday.