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Tourism Minister R. Rajendran launched the escaped repast strategy for conservancy workers by serving meal to them successful Salem connected Monday (February 9, 2026).
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, connected Monday, inaugurated the enlargement of the meal strategy for conservancy workers successful Corporations, municipalities, and municipality panchayats crossed the State done video conferencing from Tiruvallur district. Following this, successful a relation held astatine a matrimony successful the Kondalampatti portion successful Salem Corporation, the Minister served nutrient to the conservancy workers successful the Corporation.
Speaking to the reporters, the Minister said successful bid to protect the payment of conservancy workers, Mr. Stalin had expanded the meal strategy across the municipality section bodies. A full of 5,240 conservancy workers: 3,000 from Suramangalam, Hasthampatti, Ammapet, and Kondalampatti zones; 1,123 from Attur, Mettur, Edappadi, Narasaingapuram, Tharamangalam, Edanganasalai, and Sankari municipalities; and 1,117 workers belonging to 30 municipality panchayats volition beryllium benefited nether this scheme, the Minister added.
Salem District Collector R. Brindha Devi, Salem Corporation Mayor A. Ramachandran, Salem Corporation Commissioner M. Elangovan, section assemblage representatives, and different officials participated.
In Namakkal, successful the relation held astatine the Corporation matrimony hall, Rajya Sabha subordinate K.R.N. Rajeshkumar served nutrient to the conservancy workers.
Officials said that funds worthy ₹1.43 crore has been allocated per twelvemonth for the scheme. As galore arsenic 919 workers successful 4 municipalities and 925 workers successful 19 municipality panchayats successful Namakkal territory volition payment done this expansion.
In the function, District Collector Durgamoorthi, MLA P. Ramalingam, City Mayor D. Kalanidhi and officials from departments acrophobic besides participated.
