As many as 2,400 illiterate residents remain to be educated in Dehrasdun district under the literacy campaign Padho Doon Badho Doon. Under this campaign which is being led by the chief development officer (CDO) Nitika Khandelwal, about 20,000 illiterates have been educated since August while the remaining 2,400 locals will possibly be educated by January 26. Last year, the district administration with the help of Anganwadi workers collected the data of over 26,000 illiterate residents and set a goal to educate them by January 26, 2021.

The administration with the help of 15 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) like Room To Read and Azim Premji Foundation has educated over 20,000 people since August while over 2,000 registered illiterates in the district are mostly dead, sick or have shifted to other locations and some names also got registered twice in the list too. Moreover, the CDO informed that the classes have been conducted with mutual coordination of students and teachers so that both the parties remain comfortable during studies.

The officials informed that the areas like Vikasnagar and Doiwala had the most illiterate residents in the district as per the data of the administration which was about 7000 illiterates but most of these locals have been educated under the campaign. Meanwhile, the CDO also informed that the district administration is also planning to felicitate the people and organisations on the occasion of the Republic Day that contributed to the literacy campaign in the district.