Tamil Nadu CM Vijay launches cake and sweet pongal distribution for students
The state government has sanctioned Rs 9.27 crore to distribute cakes and greeting cards to over 61 lakh beneficiaries across Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay inaugurated a statewide initiative on Friday to distribute cakes, greeting cards and sweet pongal to students in government and government-aided schools and children at anganwadi centres. The programme marks Children’s Day, which is celebrated on November 14 every year, according to The Hindu.
The distribution involves 61,84,566 beneficiaries, including students, teachers and non-teaching staff from primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools. The state government sanctioned Rs 9.27 crore for the cakes and greeting cards. Additionally, sweet pongal was distributed to 11,11,022 children aged between two and six at anganwadi centres.
The Chief Minister visited the Madumanagar Chennai Corporation Middle School in Kolathur and the Chennai Middle School in his Perambur Assembly constituency. At the Kolathur school, he distributed 45-gram cakes and greeting cards containing the message, “All is well, be confident,” to students. In Perambur, he distributed cakes and cards to 537 students and sweet pongal to 40 children at anganwadi centres.
In districts including Mayiladuthurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Madurai, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, the Nilgiris, Erode, Namakkal and Karur, students received two 45-gram packets of cake each. In all other districts, students received one 45-gram packet. The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation procured the cakes from four manufacturers, with quality assessed by the Food Safety Department.
In Madurai, Higher Education Minister P Viswanathan distributed sweets and gifts at a school and an anganwadi centre in Melur. District Collector Nishant Krishna and Labour Welfare and Skill Development Secretary K Veera Raghava Rao also participated in the distribution at a school in Madurai east panchayat union.