Roadblocks faced by Roshni project in Ernakulam district cleared
The Hindu
BPCL to extend financial assistance of ₹44.79 lakh for conducting project till March 2022
The roadblocks before the ‘Roshni’ project for the educational upliftment of children of migrant workers in Ernakulam district have been cleared.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will extend a financial assistance of ₹44.79 lakh for conducting the project till March 2022. The funds will be used to hold the programme in 40 schools in the district. An agreement will be signed between BPCL Kochi Refinery and the Deputy Director of Education, Ernakulam, as part of the mutual understanding and cooperation.
The project had hit a roadblock after the 40 education volunteers, who form the backbone of the project, were not given their monthly salary of ₹10,000 from November last to March this year due to paucity of funds. The Hindu report, ‘Educational project for children of migrant workers in Ernakulam district hits a roadblock’, published on June 9, 2021 had stated that about ₹20 lakh was required to clear the salary arrears of the 40 educational volunteers since November. The salary for the first five months of the previous academic year was given using the balance fund available in the academic year 2019-20.
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