Mysuru, June 22 -- Regional Commissioner (RC) of Mysuru Division Nitesh Patil has given a clarion call to the parents to kindle reading habit among their wards, with the excessive exposure to cell phone affecting their memory power.

He was speaking at the launch of a campaign to distribute notebooks made from unused pages of the notebooks, organised by the Department of Public Libraries in association with Balya Foundation at City Central Library premises, People's Park, Nazarbad in the city recently.

RC Patil explained that of late owing to excessive screen time of the kids, their memory power has taken a beating. The children should cut down spending time with the device and focus on reading the books. The usage of cell phones has als...