1072 books donated to libraries in Chiplun
Renuka Suryavanshi
Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissioner Krishna Prakash donated over 1072 books to the flood affected libraries in Chiplun.
The flash floods that affected Chiplun took away several rare books from the libraries and left behind a big loss to avid book lovers. Understanding the importance of books, Krishna Prakash donated books on his birthday recently.
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He donated books to Lokmanya Tilak Memorial Library and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Library. On his birthday on August 15, Krishna Prakash appealed to the citizens of Pimpri Chinchwad to donate books instead of cakes, flowers and other gifts. His appeal received a huge response and more than 1000 books were received at his office. Krishna Prakash was informed that the floods in Chiplun affected these libraries wherein books were under flood water for two days. Books as old as 150 years were damaged. Prakash appealed to people to come forward and donate.
These books were handed over to the working president of these libraries Prakash Eknath Deshpande in a function held recently. The programme also saw presence of Additional commissioner of Police Ramnath Pokale and deputy commissioner Sudhir Hiremath.
