STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Rotary Club of Jammu City (RCJC), under its literacy project ‘Rotary Book Bank’, held a books distribution camp at Government Girls High School, (GGHS) Gandhi Nagar here on Tuesday.
In the camp, books and other educational material were distributed free of cost among a large section of students belonging to the marginalised sections of the society.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishesh Paul Mahajan, Deputy Commissioner Excise lauded the efforts of RCJC in mitigating the sufferings of the society through its unique initiatives. He said that he has been following the activities of RCJC for quite some time and is happy that there is at least a group of people in Jammu City who are thinking beyond their own narrow gains and serving the society at large selflessly.
Anil Swaraj, President RCJC said that the prime motive of Rotary Book Bank is free collection and free of cost distribution of books among deserving students.
The students can also visit the Resource Centre of Rotary Book Bank to deposit or collect books free of cost, he said.
J.D Singh, Secretary RCJC said that it was felt by Rotary Club of Jammu City that a large number of school going children, who belong to poor families, have to shell out a substantial amount annually of the hard earned money of their parents to buy books and sometimes it becomes very difficult for them to but these text books because of financial constraints.
Kiran Rajput, Headmistress, Govt. Girls High School, Gandhi Nagar, highlighted some other needs of her school and said “Rotary Club of Jammu City has taken care of most important item part of school i.e. books, which otherwise students have to arrange with great difficulty every year and although Government gives free books till 8th standard, yet lots of students remain deprived because of shortage of books under this scheme.
Sandeep Berry Joint Secretary RCJC presented vote of Thanks. Sanjeev Vaid, Robin Mehta, Arun Ninawat, Harpreet Singh, Navshesh Mahajan, Sunny Mahajan and volunteers Sonia, Rahul Thapa, Ankush Dogra and Deepak Bhat played a vital role in organising this camp.
