Stalin virtually inaugurates village knowledge centres in Vellore, nearby districts

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin virtually inaugurated colony cognition centres (VKCs) astatine distant hamlets successful Vellore, Ranipet, and Tirupattur districts connected Saturday, connected the juncture of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s decease anniversary.

Officials of the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Corporation (TADCO), which volition support the facilities, said the centres would supply accomplishment training, integer literacy, and community-based learning to residents, particularly Adi Dravidar youth, successful villages. “The centres tin besides beryllium utilized to behaviour escaped marriages by the Adi Dravidar assemblage arsenic facilities specified arsenic abstracted bride and groom rooms and eating hallway with powerfulness and h2o connections person besides been provided,” A. Sudha, Executive Engineer, TADCO (Vellore), told The Hindu.

Vellore Collector V.R. Subbulaxmi and District Revenue Officer M. Sivasubramanian besides inspected the caller centres successful Katpadi and Gudiyatham taluks. “The centres volition assistance children from the assemblage [Adi Dravidar] walk clip successful the library,” said B. Sudalai, a resident.

Funded nether the NABARD XXX scheme, the centres were built successful villages specified arsenic Vandathangal (Katpadi), Sattur (Ranipet), Ranga Samuthiram (Gudiyatham), and Kullacheri and Madapalli (Tirupattur). Each centre measures 203.90 sq.m connected mean and was built astatine a outgo of ₹77.89 lakh.

The centres dwell of an administrative office, a accomplishment grooming hall, a machine lab, a library, grooming rooms, an instructor’s office, and toilets. They besides person nationalist halls that tin accommodate astir 200 people. Four overhead tanks and a three-phase energy transportation person been provided to guarantee creaseless functioning of the centres. Each centre volition payment a colonisation of astir 7,000 successful the village. It volition beryllium utilized to behaviour regular meetings by self-help groups.

TADHCO officials said astir 160 specified centres were nether assorted stages of operation successful the State. The caller centres successful Keel Mittalam colony adjacent Ambur municipality successful Tirupattur and Poondi colony adjacent Arani municipality successful Tiruvannamalai are adjacent to completion, they added.