Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday gave away free computer tablets to about 300 college students, under the Chhattisgarh Yuva Soochna Kranti Yojana.
The Chief Minister also gathered information about the study etc from the students at the concluding function of the four-day Jajwalyadev lok Mahotsav and Agritech Krishi Mela organised at Janjgir district headquarters.
The Chief Minister operated the computer tablet in front of the students and briefed them about its technical features to the students.
He told the students that they could easily get up-to-date information about education and science by linking the country and the world through internet connection in this small equipment. This equipment would be proved very useful in their study and in increasing their knowledge, he added.
Janjgir lok Sabha MP Kamla Patle, MlA from Akaltara Chunnilal Sahu, MlA from Sakti Dr Khilavan Sahu, Pamgarh MlA Abbesh Jangde, district Panchayat president Suraj Vyas Kashyap, chairman Janjgir Naila Municipality Ramesh Paigwar, chairman Champa Municipality Pradeep Namdev, former deputy speaker of the Assembly Narayan Chandel and former minister Megharam Sahu, several peoples’ representatives from the district, collector Anbazhagan P and large number of citizens were present at the function.