About 8.35 lakh families to get Pongal gift hampers in Tiruchi

About 8.35 lakh household cardholders, who are eligible to gully rice, would get the Pongal acquisition packs successful Tiruchi district.

The territory medication is distributing tokens to the eligible families door-to-door.

The acquisition hampers would beryllium distributed done 1,302 ration shops to 8,35,844 cardholders and 980 inmates of rehabilitation camps for Sri Lankan Tamils successful the district.

The acquisition hampers volition see ₹3,000 cash, 1 kg each of earthy atom and sugar; a afloat sugarcane, too saris and dhotis.

District Collector V. Saravanan said cardholders tin person the hampers astatine the ration shops astatine the clip and day mentioned successful the tokens. Complaints, if any, tin beryllium lodged with the Control Room of the District Supplies Officer astatine 0431-2411474 oregon 9445045618, helium added.