The Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs Friday dedicated library established under Beti Bachao Beti Padao initiative to the girl students of the district in presence of MLA Qammar Hussain Chowdhary, DDC Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Director FCS & CAs R A Inqlabi, ACD Noor Alam, DSWO Dr Abdul Khabir, Dy Registrar Cooperatives Waqar Talib and other district officers.
First of its kind in the district, the library has been established by pooling resources from Rural Development and Social Welfare Departments under Beti Bachao, Beti Padao initiative and has computer lab with internet facility, reading rooms and recreational hall with provision of 2000 books apart from 45000 books available online. Besides latest material of various competitive examinations is also made available in the libary. Around 200 girls, mostly from BPL families will be enrolled by the management to avail the facility of library. These girls will be coached and counseled by experts for various state and central level competitive exams.
Inaugurating the library, the minister said that the effort of establishing a library exclusively for girl students will go a long way in empowering them and help them realize their dreams. Terming libraries an integral part of education system and gateway of knowledge, he said that there was immense need of such an institution in the District.
Lauding the efforts of district administration in transforming the need into reality, he said that the library will provide the necessary platform, a flexible space to girls where they could explore/acquire knowledge/develop their views and connect to the larger world.