KRISHNAGIRI: State industries minister S Keerthana participated in Children’s Day celebrations at the Government Higher Secondary School in Chinna Melupalli near Krishnagiri on Friday.The minister attended the celebrations as a special guest and paid floral tributes to a portrait of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru whose birth anniversary is celebrated as Children’s Day. She distributed cakes to the school students.Addressing the gathering, the minister highlighted that the chief minister C Joseph Vijay was implementing various welfare initiatives for school children. She appealed to the students to give equal importance to academics alongside sports.Later, she planted saplings of peepal, pungam and jamun trees on the school campus.District collector C Dinesh Kumar also participated in the celebrations.
