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With Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurating the organisation of Pongal acquisition hampers and ₹3000 currency to atom cardholders and families residing successful Sri Lankan Tamil rehabilitation camps astatine Alandur, the organisation began successful Tiruppur and Coimbatore.
In Tiruppur, Minister for Tamil development, Information and Publicity, Mr. Saminathan, distributed the currency assistance, and the Pongal acquisition hampers entailing 1kg of rice, sugar, 1 sugarcane, dhotis, and saris, successful Kuppandampalayam Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society. Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies Prabhu, Tiruppur Municipal Corporation 4th Zone Chairman Ila. Padmanaban, Tiruppur Revenue Divisional Officer Sivaprakash, Deputy Registrars of Cooperative Societies Prabha and Devi, different cooperative nine officials, representatives of section bodies, and officials took part.
In Tiruppur district, the Pongal acquisition hampers and currency were fixed to 8,02,201 atom cardholders, for which 802 metric tons of earthy atom and sweetener person been allocated. The Cooperative Department volition administer the aforesaid to 7,69,580 cardholders done 848 full-time and 348 part-time just terms shops. Under the Thayumanavar Scheme, 71,000 household cardholders aged supra 65 years received doorstep transportation of the commodities successful December 2025.
District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar (third right) on with MP Ganapathy P. Rajkumar (third left) distributing Pongal acquisition hampers to a beneficiary successful Coimbatore connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
In Coimbatore, the organisation of Pongal acquisition hampers to 11,22,290 paper holders and inmates of Sri Lankan Tamil rehabilitation camps was inaugurated astatine Chindhamani Cooperative Special Market successful North Coimbatore by District Collector Pavan Kumar G. Giriyappanavar and Coimbatore MP Ganapathy P. Rajkumar. Mayor K. Ranganayaki Ramachandran, Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabhakaran and Deputy Mayor R. Vetri Selvan took part.
The acquisition hampers tin beryllium collected till January 14, 2026, astatine each just terms shops and to guarantee seamless distribution, tokens person been issued to beneficiaries.
