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Changing face of Bihar’s ‘least literate’ district: Now, every village has access to a library -Raghav Bikhchandani

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Purnea DM Rahul Kumar began a book drive in January 2020, and within 21 months, libraries have been set up to reach all 230 gram panchayats and 7 urban local bodies.

New Delhi: Purnea has been among the least literate districts in Bihar for the past two censuses, in 2001 and 2011. But the district administration is trying to change that, and to that end, has set up public libraries to cover its 230 gram panchayats and seven urban local bodies (ULBs), thanks to a 21-month-long book drive launched by Purnea DM Rahul Kumar.

The drive, called ‘Abhiyaan Kitab-Daan’, began on 25 January 2020. Kumar had invited people to donate books from across the country to facilitate the setting up of public libraries in the district, and a total of 1.26 lakh books were collected through this initiative.

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