Amritsar: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced several welfare schemes including providing free sanitary pads for girls studying in the state's high schools and colleges. According to a statement, CM Amarinder dedicated the month of January to the girls and paved the way for the distribution of 2,500 sports kits among the youth.

CM Amarinder also started a program to give property rights to slum dwellers and launched a smart metering project worth more than Rs 75 crore in addition to an "e-filing" portal for consumer complaints. CM Amarinder inaugurated the "Dheeiyan Di Lohri" scheme, along with his mother's, gave five girls an omen of Rs 5,100 and a baby kit for each girl. The statement said that congratulatory letters written and signed by CM Amarinder will be handed over to the parents of more than 1.5 lakh girls celebrating their first Lohri this year.

CM Amarinder announced to provide free sanitary pads to all girl students of high school and colleges, except those living in slums in rural areas, especially the entire state. In the first phase of the "Basera" program, 2,816 residents will get ownership rights in 10 slums of Patiala, Bathinda, Fazilka, and Moga districts. CM Amarinder asked the local government department to ensure basic civic amenities including drinking water, street lights, and roads in the slums.

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