Fair price shops get electronic weighing machines in Cuddalore District

Cuddalore Collector P.Seetharaman giving away electronic weighing machines to the fair price shops run by self-help groups in Cuddalore on Monday.

CUDDALORE: 

      Collector P.Seetharaman handed over the electronic weighing machines to four self-help groups who are running the fair price shops in Cuddalore district on Monday.

The details of the shops are as follows: 

Alli SHG at M.Podaiyur in Mangalore block; 
Aruvi SHG at Perur in Keerapalayam block; 
Mother Teresa SHG at Kurinjikkudi—Valasakkadu in Keerapalayam block and 
SHG No.6 at Therkkuthittai in Mel Bhuvanavigir block.

                The weighing machines costing Rs 6,500 each would help in accurate measurement of the essential commodities to be supplied through the fair price shops. These groups had also been given the measurements for rice and kerosene, from the funds provided by the Mahalir Thittam.

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Photo session for ID cards begins

CUDDALORE: 

           The exercise of taking photographs of self-help group members for issuing identity cards began in Cuddalore district on Tuesday.

        In a statement here, Collector P. Seetharaman said that the photo session would be held to cover the members of 4,564 SHGs started under the aegis of the ‘Mahalir Thittam' and ‘Vazhnthu Kattuvom Thittam' after April 1, 2009.

While the SHGs in Cuddalore were covered on Tuesday, the schedule for other areas is as follows: 

Anna Gramam – February 2; 

Panruti –February 3;

Khammapuram –February 4;

Prangipettai – February 5; 

Nallur and Vriddhachalam – February 6; 

Kurinjipadi – February 7; 

Keerapalayam – February 8; 

Bhuvanagiri – February 9; 

Kattumannarkoil – February 10; 

Mangalore – February 11 and

Kumaratchi – February 12.

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