The Punjab Government will distribute free bicycles to 1,52,330 girl students of Cass XI and XII studying in Government schools under its flagship program Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme in a State-level function being organised at Jagraon on October 25.
Reviewing the arrangements of the function with MlAs of ludhiana district and senior officers of Social Security and Education departments and district administration, Revenue & Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said that the State Government had already released funds to the tune of Rs 41.90 crore for procuring these bicycles and decided to distribute these cycles to the girl students at their schools after symbolic launch of scheme at State-level function in Jagraon on October 25.
Majithia said that this was the initiative of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. He said the SAD-BJP Government launched the scheme in 2011-12 by distributing 1,11,000 free bicycles to girl students worth Rs 30 crore and it was decided to make it annual feature. Majithia said that it would be the first state level function under series of number of major pro-people programs of Punjab government slated in next one and half months.