Saraswati Cycle Yojana distributes cycles to 3.30 lakh girls in Chhattisgarh

Saraswati Cycle Yojana gave bicycles to over 3.30 lakh girls in Chhattisgarh in the last two years. It is for Class 9 students from SC, ST and BPL families in govt and aided schools.

This helps girls who used to walk 3 to 5 km or more to school. At the Government Girls' Higher Secondary School in Sarangarh, 150 students got cycles. Chhoti Yadav was one of them. She walked three km daily on tough paths.

The scheme covers remote and tribal areas too. In Dantewada, 54 girls at Kanya High School Porta Cabin Chitalur and 256 Class 9 students at Jawanga's Education City Auditorium received cycles. In Balod's Gundardehi block, 32 students at Government Higher Secondary School Achaud got bicycles. In Surguja, 120 students at Government Girls' Higher Secondary School, Balrampur received cycles.