968 tonnes fruits, vegetables sold in six days
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Residents welcome initiative to sell farm produce at their doorsteps
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Residents welcome initiative to sell farm produce at their doorsteps
Nearly 1,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables have been sold in the district ever since the administration started operating vehicles to sell the farm produce to residents at their doorsteps in the wake of intensified lockdown. After Collector G. S. Sameeran inaugurated the sale of fruits and vegetables by vehicles on May 24, vendors have been able to sell 968.37 tonnes of fruits and vegetables worth ₹ 2 crore in the past six days.
Lockdown total in southern districts
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Buses parked at TNSTC depot at Vannarpettai in Palayamkottai in view of total lockdown
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The Sunday lockdown halted normal life in Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari and Tenkasi districts.
Except for hospitals and a few pharmacy outlets, the usually crowded vegetable markets and places of worship in Tirunelveli town and peripheries wore a deserted look.
Tirunelveli city police used drone cameras for surveillance, and vehicle checks were conducted in many locations including Vannarpettai and junction.
People from outstation experienced difficulty in reaching home in the early hours as some auto drivers reportedly refused to ply since they apprehended trouble from police while returning to their stands.
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10 AIADMK cadre injured as van overturns
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Ten AIADMK cadre were injured when the van in which they were travelling overturned near Surandai on Thursday evening. Police said a group of AIADMK functionaries from Annamalaipudhur were going by vans to participate in Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s election campaign at Paavoorchathram. When they were crossing Parankundraapuram intersection, one of the vans overturned after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Ten passengers were injured and they were rushed to Tenkasi Government Hospital. Collector G.S. Sameeran visited them in hospital. Surandai police have registered a case
Pension pay orders given ahead of retirement day
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EPFO-Tirunelveli gives them under Centre’s ‘Prayaas’ scheme
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Assistant PF Commissioner V. Kalaichelvan hands over pension payment order to an EPFO subscriber in Palayamkottai on Friday.
EPFO-Tirunelveli gives them under Centre’s ‘Prayaas’ scheme
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation handed over pension pay orders to a few subscribers who retire from service on Sunday.
The Union government, in a bid to ensure uninterrupted service delivery to the subscribers of EPFO, has introduced a scheme, ‘Prayaas,’ to give pension to the retiring EPFO subscribers on their date of retirement under this programme. Hence, the EPFO-Tirunelveli organised an event on its premises on Thursday to disburse the pension payment orders to the subscribers retiring on January 31.