madurai a free library plan exclusively for aspirants of public service examinations proposed by the district administration has seen a good response with books being contributed by many donors district collector u sagayam had proposed a free library for public service aspirants the initiative was proposed since many candidates could be seen studying at the madurai corporation campus and gandhi museum premises the candidates who gather at these venues are found studying in groups and share their books after considering their plight the district administration proposed a free library for them so that they can get important books after the appeal many persons started donating books and the number crossed 1000 after k ramesh from chennai donated 503 books worth rs 3 lakh with the number of books increasing the district administration is searching for more suitable places for the library sagayam in his press statement asked the public to donate books to the free library after expressing his gratitude to whoever donated them every book donated will be given a receipt and they will be safeguarded in the library persons from any field and government officials who have utilised competitive examination books can donate them for the public cause he had stated jayasingh gnanadurai personal assistant to the collector agriculture said the district administration was looking out for a good place to set up the library we are looking for a good place with a lot of space to accommodate candidates a number of places were proposed and will be decided shortly he said k ramesh over telephone said he came across the appeal a few months back i felt like contributing the books because of the various good activities of the district administration reported in many papers i believed the books will find good use and benefit many aspirants i donated a section of my personal collections as well he said the books sent by ramesh include more than six sets of encyclopaedia on nature science countries world history mankind etc besides the collection also includes many valuable books on computers medicine and other topics the agriculture office at the district collectorate collects the books and safeguards them at present agriculture officer manoranjitham who is incharge of the book collection said after the announcement from the collector many started donating books a doctor has donated a lot of medical books a woman brought very old tamil literature books that were her fathers collection she was hesitant to part with the books and insisted she donate them because she felt it was a good initiative she said