‘Sundargarh Bahi Padha’ to encourage book reading among students

Sundargarh, Mar 23: Various programmes are being undertaken to create interest for book reading among students, youth and people of Sundargarh. Taking a step ahead in this direction, the district administration has resumed the ‘Sundargarh Bahi Padha’ Abhijan in the post pandemic time.  Under the initiative, along with book reading, various creative activities were organized at the residential office of the Collector Sundargarh to engage children of various age groups The event which was being held every Sunday in pre pandemic is resumed now. On Tuesday, a special programme was held at Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) Library as a part of the Sundargarh Bahi Padha campaign. Students and teachers from various schools of the city participated in the same. Collector Sundargarh Nikhil Pavan Kalyan and ADM cum Commissioner RMC Dr Subhankar Mohapatra joined the event and encouraged the students to read books. The Collector sought the feedback of the participants on how to take the Bahi Padha abhijan forward making it more beneficial for the people of Sundargarh. Former Reader of Odia Department, Municipal College Rourkela, Girija Goswami, Raj Kumar Mohanty, Teacher at Municipal High School Panposh, and Bibhuti Bhusan Das, a writer of repute, attended the event and inspired the students to broaden their perspective and improve knowledge by reading books. The participant students and teachers picked up various books of their choice and enjoyed reading them at the reading rooms of RMC Library. DIPRO Rourkela Smt. Seema Fatima Ekka, and RMC PMU Expert Prasanta Kumar Nayak joined the event at Rourkela.