Akhilesh to give 8,000 free laptops to students

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will on Monday give away 8,000 laptops to students here.

Ghaziabad Development Authority chairman Santosh Yadav said Sunday that projects worth Rs.3,750 crore would be launched by the chief minister on Monday.

In addition, 12 schemes would be unveiled along with an ambitious scheme of 5,000 houses for low income group and economically weaker sections.

The chief minister would distribute the laptops to 8,000 students as part of his Samajwadi Party election pledge.

The major projects likely to be inaugurated include an elevated road from Uttar Pradesh Gate to Northern Peripheral Expressway.