<p> Municipal students in east Delhi are expected to shed a few hundred grams off their school bags. <br /><br />Thanks to the paperback notebooks proposed to be distributed among them which will take a big load off their back.<br /><br />Hard-bound notebooks in East Delhi Municipal Corporation will soon make way for paperback notebooks which promise to weigh much less, said a senior official with the east civic agency.<br /><br />The new notebooks are expected to be distributed after the summer vacations and the proposal is likely to cost over Rs 2 crore.<br /><br />The issue was brought up at an East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee meeting on Thursday. Councillors both from the ruling and opposition supported the matter.</p>.<p>Usha Devrani Shastri, a Bharatiya Janata Party councillor from Karawal Nagar East, said that providing paperback to the primary students notebooks will even save money.<br /><br />“The corporation can save money by distributing paperback copies to kids studying in primary classes as these notebooks will be cheaper than the hard-bound ones,” said Shastri.<br /><br />Leader of Opposition Varyam Kaur echoed similar views. “These lighter notebooks won’t tire the children,” she said. The chairman of the Standing Committee B B Tyagi said that these notebooks can also be easily procured.<br /><br />“As such notebooks are available with every books shops, so it won’t be problem to obtain them,” Tyagi said.<br /><br />There are over 300 schools under the limits of the East Corporation, in which over 2.5 lakh students study.<br /><br />East Corporation provides free text books and notebooks to all children studying in primary schools every year.<br /><br />These books are purchased from Delhi Bureau of Text Books and distributed to schools through zonal stores at the beginning academic session, an East Corporation’s official said.<br /></p>
<p> Municipal students in east Delhi are expected to shed a few hundred grams off their school bags. <br /><br />Thanks to the paperback notebooks proposed to be distributed among them which will take a big load off their back.<br /><br />Hard-bound notebooks in East Delhi Municipal Corporation will soon make way for paperback notebooks which promise to weigh much less, said a senior official with the east civic agency.<br /><br />The new notebooks are expected to be distributed after the summer vacations and the proposal is likely to cost over Rs 2 crore.<br /><br />The issue was brought up at an East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee meeting on Thursday. Councillors both from the ruling and opposition supported the matter.</p>.<p>Usha Devrani Shastri, a Bharatiya Janata Party councillor from Karawal Nagar East, said that providing paperback to the primary students notebooks will even save money.<br /><br />“The corporation can save money by distributing paperback copies to kids studying in primary classes as these notebooks will be cheaper than the hard-bound ones,” said Shastri.<br /><br />Leader of Opposition Varyam Kaur echoed similar views. “These lighter notebooks won’t tire the children,” she said. The chairman of the Standing Committee B B Tyagi said that these notebooks can also be easily procured.<br /><br />“As such notebooks are available with every books shops, so it won’t be problem to obtain them,” Tyagi said.<br /><br />There are over 300 schools under the limits of the East Corporation, in which over 2.5 lakh students study.<br /><br />East Corporation provides free text books and notebooks to all children studying in primary schools every year.<br /><br />These books are purchased from Delhi Bureau of Text Books and distributed to schools through zonal stores at the beginning academic session, an East Corporation’s official said.<br /></p>
