PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 4 -- Pad banks will be set up in 200 PM SHRI schools (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) across the Prayagraj division under the Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) campaign, with the rollout beginning in Pratapgarh district, where 25 schools have been selected in the first phase.

The division-wide initiative, for which Rs.2.1 crore has been allocated, will also cover PM SHRI schools in Prayagraj, Kaushambi and Fatehpur districts. The first phase installations are targeted to be completed by the last week of November, officials said.

Pratapgarh basic shiksha adhikari (BSA) Devvrat Singh said each of the 25 selected schools in the district would have a sanitary pad bank to ensure that girl students do not face inconv...