Postcard to PM
The Hindu
74,306 students from 673 schools to participate in the competition
The Telangana Circle of the Department of Posts has taken a different path to encourage students living in remote areas of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) districts in the State to write postcards to the Prime Minister on two selected subjects.
As part of the 75 lakh postcard writing campaign to commemorate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the Telangana Circle chose to focus on students of remote areas.
With focus on 9,380 schools in these districts, the department managed to get as many as 74,306 students from 673 schools to participate in the competition. So far, 3.45 lakh postcards have been sold across these districts.
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