Ludhiana : The Punjab Government is committed for making the youth, especially from rural areas, self-dependent by training them in different skill development courses. Moving ahead in this direction, a free hostel facility has been started at the Multi Skill Development Centre located on Gill Road. This hostel has been constructed under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.
Providing details, Veerdeep Singh, in-charge and Jatinderpal Singh, course in-charge, Multi Skill Development Centre, informed that the hostel had a capacity of 309 students with 204 boys and 105 girls, where they can stay free of cost. This hostel facility has been started from this session only. Nearly, there are 48 girls and 50 boys are enrolled in the session.
They further stated that the hostellers get free food, stay and study material. They also said facilities such as an LED room and indoor games have also been provided for the recreation of students.
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