Minister for Registration and Commercial Taxes K.C. Veeramani distributed bicycles among schoolchildren at a function organised by School Education department in Vellore on Friday.
A total of 10,305 students from schools in Ranipet district received their bicycles estimated at ₹3.42 crore from the Minister at a function organised at Ranipet.
9,094 students benefit
Earlier, the Minister gave away the bicycles to 9,094 students from the newly-formed Tirupattur district at a function organised at Meenakshi Girls Higher Secondary School in the town.
The cost of the bicycles was worth ₹3.02 crore. In the six taluks in Tirupattur, so far 90,796 cycles worth ₹30.11 crore were distributed in the last nine years, the Minister said.
