Chennai, Aug 1 (BPNS)
The Tamil Nadu state government has decided to give a facelift to the ration shops in the state as part of the 75th year of Indian Independence. The Food department of the state will be modernizing and beautifying 75 ration shops in each district of the state. This means 2850 ration shops in 38 districts of the state will get a facelift in the first phase of modernization.
Tamil Nadu secretary for cooperation, food, and consumer protection, J. Radhakrishnan in a statement on Monday said that Internal and external ambiance of the ration shops will be upgraded. He said that this would benefit the consumers as well as the ration shop employees.
The state food secretary also said that as part of Singara Chennai 2.0 project, murals depicting nature and various sports were painted on the walls of a ration shop run by the Tamil Nadu Civil Service Corporation (TNCSC).
The warehouses of the Tamil Nadu Civil Services Corporation (TNCSC) will also be modernized soon, the food secretary in the statement said.
It is to be noted that Tamil Nadu has 35,253 ration shops which include 10,279 part-time shops. Of this 6978 shops are functioning in rental buildings and in the first phase of expansion programme, 756 shops would be moved to new premises which will be beautified and modernized as per the specifications of the food department.
