Many districts in Uttar Pradesh have started the practice of donating loudspeakers removed from religious institutions to government schools to be used for educational purposes, district officials said on Saturday. While Gorakhpur and Sangam city have already started this process, Lucknow will begin distributing these loudspeakers from next week, district magistrate Abhishek Prakash said.
Gorakhpur district magistrate Vijay Kiran Anand said, “In view of chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s instruction, we have handed over loudspeakers removed from religious places to Primary School Gorakhnath Kanya in Nagar Kshetra.”
Anand further explained that the schools could use these loudspeakers for educational purposes like spreading awareness among locals, encouraging them to send their kids to school, apprising them about various government welfare programs, and other cultural activities.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan, shared a photo of two government officials handing over two such speakers to Primary School Gorakhnath Kanya in Nagar Kshetra on Saturday.
“Welcome and commend initiative to donate loudspeaker removed from Gorakhnath temple to primary school for use,” he said in his tweet.
