Poor students get cycles

Statesman News Service

PHULBANI, Oct. 25: World vision, an international humanitarian organisation has recently distributed 660 bicycles, worth Rs 13 lakh to poor ST and SC students through its Area Development Project (ADP), Daringbadi.
The economically backward students, belonging to 11 gram panchayats in the Daringbadi block, have been greatly benefited by the education promotion scheme of the ADP, Mr Mikhael Pradhan, Manager, ADP, world Vision said.
The bicycles were distributed thorough six centres in the block in which Mr BK Mohapatra, sub collector, Balliguda, Mr Junus Pradhan, chairman, Daringbadi block and tahsildar, Daringbadi, were present as guests.
On receiving the cycles, the guardians have expressed their gratitude to the authorities of World vision. It has distributed about 1,400 cycles in the past three years. n sns

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