Kerala's Dharmadam becomes first complete library constituency in India

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Category : National Published on: December 28 2022

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's constituency has achieved a new record recently. It has become the only constituency in India to have a library in all the wards.
CM Vijayan's constituency Dharmadam has achieved the position of complete library constituency in India, the first in India.
In his Facebook post, the chief minister Vijayan said that out of the total 138 wards in the constituency, there were no libraries in 63 wards.
Kerala which was the first state to achieve 100% literacy status in India is also perhaps the only state in India that has a library in every village.
Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker of Kerala is also known as the Father of the Library Movement in India.