MUMBAI: Nominated Rajya Sabha member and legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar visited a school in the city’s Sewri area on Wednesday.
Guru Govind Singh T School was one of the first schools for which Sachin had sanctioned funds for the construction and upgradation of classrooms. He interacted with the school children who are the beneficiaries of this upgradation. He also encouraged the kids to study hard as well as make time for playing sports.
Tendulkar has funded school and educational institute projects worth over Rs 74 million through MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme).
Tendulkar has been at the forefront in utilizing his MPLAD funds not only for the betterment of school children across the country but also for the benefit of public services. Along with funding of infrastructure for several schools and educational institutes, Sachin has also been supporting public services such as police departments. He sanctioned Rs1.5 million for the development of infrastructure and water supply equipment for police training institute in Tasgaon city of Sangli district, Maharashtra.
Tendulkar has been advocating for the overall development of children right from school days and has been focused at bringing necessary infrastructure even in the remote areas of India.
Funding of the schools and educational institute projects include construction of school buildings, compound walls, libraries, laboratories, common rooms for girls, toilets, waiting areas, purchase of computers etc. Among these projects, some include construction of school for mentally challenged in Ahmednagar, multimedia classroom for deaf children in the school of Cherkela, Kasargod district in Kerala and hostel for Tai speaking students in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam.
Tendulkar has dedicatedly sanctioned funds for schools and colleges in the remotest areas in India through construction of buildings, laboratories, classrooms, hostels and so on. Through MPLAD, Sachin has sanctioned funds for around 20 projects of schools and educational institutes covering the areas of West Medinapur in West Bengal, Nellore District in Andhra Pradesh, Mumbai, Solapur and Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, Kasargod in Kerala, Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad in Kerala and Drugmulla in Kupwara district of Kashmir.
Recently, the cricket legend sanctioned funds of over Rs 4 million from MPLAD for construction of a school building in Drugmulla area of Kupwara district in Kashmir, which is the only school in the locality.
