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NT Bureau
Chennai, Jan 19:
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Chief Minister M Karunanidhi presenting a bicycle to a student at the Secretariat today. |
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has announced that a total of 4.84 lakh students in the State will receive cycles at a cost of Rs 102 crore in ear 2006-2007 under the free bicycle scheme.
An official press release
said that from among the total number of beneficiaries, those belonging
to the backward community numbered 95,062 (male students) and 1,17,199
girl students. In the most backward class and denotified category, the
male students numbered 66,006 and female 68,752. In the SC/ST group, there
were 1,24,424 student.