chamba chamba administration will distribute free pen drives among poor students of the district so they dont miss on their studies due to closure of schools owing to the coronavirus pandemicdeputy commissioner vivek bhatia informed toi on wednesday that the students could turn wise go to the nearby it laboratories of the schools to download lectures or other educational material on their pen drivesthe decision to distribute free pen drives among poor students of the district was taken after holding meeting with task force of teachers comprising of subject experts said he adding that a list of deserving poor students would be prepared in near futurenotably chamba is one among the 115 aspirational districts spread across the nation and is the only district of himachal pradesh the districts considered backward on various parameters including education health child and women care agriculture etc have been named as aspirational districts by the centre governmentsources informed that the students could download the study material on smart phone of any of their relatives in the family and could study offline since many areas of the hill district didnt have internet connectivitydeputy commissioner said that the teachers of the task force would send guidance video lectures through youtube to the students who possessed smart phones besides he informed that apps including webex google meet etc would be used for delivering video lecturesthe students would also get video lectures in the areas of the district which were covered under cable network added vivek