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Distribution of Pongal acquisition hampers to ration paper holders commenced astatine the ration shops successful cardinal districts connected Thursday.
About 8.35 lakh household cardholders, who are eligible to gully rice, would get the Pongal acquisition packs successful Tiruchi district. 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.
In Tiruchi, the organisation was inaugurated by Municipal Administration Minister K.N. Nehru and School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi astatine assorted ration shops successful the city.
Tokens person been issued to eligible families specifying the day and clip astatine which they tin cod the hampers from the ration shops.
According to an authoritative release, sugarcane from 312 farmers had been procured for organisation successful the district.
