"Since the company contracted to supply the laptops could not supply a bulk order, only 4,013 laptops were distributed today.
"The remaining students would get laptops in a second phase of distribution, when Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav himself is likely to hand them out," said Durga Prasad Yadav, state minister for transport.
According to official sources, a total of 19,000 students would have received laptops in the district after the final phase of distribution.