Vijayawada:  AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed the officials to complete the construction of 4,530 digital libraries in the State by the end of January, 2022. He reviewed with officials on Friday at Tadepalli camp office on the progress of YSR Digital Libraries program in the State and he directed them to start the digital libraries from April, 2022.

The first phase of the digital libraries project would be ready in the next two months, explained the officials to YS Jagan in the review meeting. CM YS Jagan told to the officials that the digital empowerment program to enable the work from home (WFH) concept from the nook and corner of the State. A total of 12,979 digital libraries are being set up across the State in three phases.

Jagan told to the official that the digital libraries including computer equipment phase-1 will be made available by Ugadi festival in April and directed the officials to prepare an action plan to complete phase 2 works by December 2022 and phase 3 works by June 2023. He instructed officials to deploy the latest technologies and ensure uninterrupted bandwidth internet is provided to every village digital library.

Industries, Commerce and IT minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy, Chief Secretary Sameer Sharma, Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Principal Secretary Gopala Krishna Dwivedi participated in the review meeting.