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Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu inaugurated connected Thursday the organisation of Pongal acquisition hampers to atom cardholders and families astatine the Sri Lankan Tamil exile camps.
Each acquisition hamper contains ₹3,000 successful cash, 1 kg earthy rice, 1 kg jaggery, a dhoti, a saree and a sugarcane. In Tirunelveli district, 5,01,769 cardholders and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees volition person this acquisition done 796 ration shops.
District Revenue Officer M. Durai, Mayor G. Ramakrishnan, Palayamkottai MLA M. Abdul Wahab, Deputy Mayor K. R. Raju, Vice-Chairman of Kalakkad municipality P. C. Rajan and others were present.
District Collector R. Sukumar said an authoritative successful the fertile of Deputy Collector has been appointed for each taluk to guarantee hassle-free and due organisation of ‘Pongal’ acquisition hampers to the cardholders. District Revenue Officer, Tirunelveli, (for Tirunelveli taluk), Officer of District Inspection Committee (for Palayamkottai), Special Deputy Collector – Social Security Schemes (for Manur), District Manager, THADCO (for Ambasamudram), Sub-Collector, Cheranmahadevi (for Cheranmahadevi), District Consumer Protection Officer (for Nanguneri), District Backward Class Welfare Officer (for Radhapuram) and Special Deputy Collector - Revenue Court (for Thisaiyanvilai).
Since the territory medication has planned to implicit the acquisition hamper organisation earlier Pongal, Friday (January 9) volition beryllium moving time for the ration shops. To power crowding successful the ration shops, tokens carrying the day and clip of organisation of acquisition hampers are being distributed to the cardholders.
“Anyone successful the household tin spell to the ration store with the paper and get the acquisition hamper aft the organisation is recorded done constituent of sale. Once the organisation is completed, connection volition beryllium sent to the beneficiary,” Dr. Sukumar said.
The cardholders tin telephone the pursuing officers for registering complaints astir immoderate discrepancy successful the organisation of Pongal acquisition hamper:
District Distribution and Consumer Protection Office - 93424 71314, Special Tahsildar (Civil Supplies), Tirunelveli - 94450 00380, Taluk Supplies Officer, Palayamkottai 94450 00381, Taluk Supplies Officer, Maanur – 94457 96458, Special Tahsildar (Civil Supplies), Ambasamudram – 94450 00386, Taluk Supplies Officer, Cheranmahadevi – 94457 96459, Taluk Supplies Officer, Nanguneri – 94450 00387, Taluk Supplies Officer, Radhapuram – 94450 00388 and Taluk Supplies Officer, Thisaiyanvilai – 94999 37025.
Moreover, complaints tin besides beryllium registered done 1967 oregon 1800 425 5901, the Collector said.
In Tenkasi territory Collector A. K. Kamal Kishore inaugurated the organisation of the Pongal acquisition hamper astatine Maththalamparai successful the beingness of Tenkasi MLA S. Palani Nadar.
A full of 4,79,753 atom cardholders and 184 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees successful the territory volition person the gift.
