Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday launched a slew of welfare projects, including free sanitary pads for high school and college girl students in the state, a press release by the state government read.

Raveen Thukral, the media advisor to Punjab Chief Minister, tweeted: "Punjab CM @capt_amarinder announces free sanitary pads for girl students of high schools and colleges during the launch of a slew of welfare projects, including the dedication of January month to girl child through 'Dheeiyan Di Lohri' programme."

Other initiatives announced by the Punjab government include metering facilities for power consumers and a registration portal for legal matters for the ease of consumers.

The Chief Minister further powered the state’s digital leap with the roll-out of a Rs 75.64 crore Smart Metering project and an ‘e-Daakhil’ portal for e-filing of consumer complaints.

The youth and the girl child have also been earmarked as the beneficiaries of the two other schemes launched virtually by the Captian Amarinder, dedicated the month of January to the girl child as ‘Dheeyan di Lohri’ and also paved the way for the distribution of 2,500 sports kits to promote health awareness and sports culture among youngsters.

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