Bagalkot: Usually, students fiddling with their smartphones roam or chat while waiting for the bus stand.
But those on the bus stand on the Bevoor Village of Bagalkot painted different images – they spend time in the digital library arranged by Bevoor GP.
Although the library has not been officially inaugurated, it has begun to attract students and the general public to Gerah.
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“Because in a sad condition, we renovated and shared it with the cost of Rs 1.06 lakh.
We also bite the library using a mint box.
Forty people can access the digital library at once,” he said.
Because Bevoor is an education center for students from 8-10 villages around it, hundreds of them came here for classes for class.
“We saw most of them spent more screen time, both chatting or exploring.
So we thought of digitizing libraries six months ago.
We now have 12,000 books in the candy box and more than 3,000 books.
We have asked the district library officials to provide Sanction 1,000 books, “he explained.
Abus Hosamani said the facility remained open from 9am to 5.30 in the afternoon.
“We have 1,000 registered members who borrow books to be read at home.
For those who have a smartphone, we share passwords so that they can browse our books.
Mint Box functions like WiFi and offers 12,000 books (80% of Kannada and the rest of English ) From various genres – stories, novels, biographies, autobiography, those who perform competitive exams and news sites.
After digitalization, many students come here to read.
Because the connectivity of the Mint box is available in a 100m radius, students read while sitting on a bench at the Genlion Gg Bevoor Memorial is closest, “he said.
The makers also visited the library for reading books related to agriculture in Kannada.Gyanesh Diddibagil, A II PU students, said they visited the library instead of wasting time in exploring and chatting.
“It has around 35 seats and four large tables.
Separate parts for men, women and children make everyone feel comfortable,” he said.
The GP authority has requested publishers and the public to donate good books for the benefit of students and the people around it.
“Books can be sent to PDO, Gram Panchayat, Bevoor-587115, Bagalkot Taluk and district.
We will recognize the signal by displaying the name of a prominent donor in the library,” said PDO Kotin.