Nilgiris MP inaugurates mobile ration shop in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
The Hindu
MP A. Raja inaugurates mobile ration shop benefiting families in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, addresses community needs.
The Nilgiris Lok Sabha MP, A. Raja, inaugurated a mobile ration shop that will benefit more than 26 families in Kargudi in the core area of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Tuesday.
The Nilgiris district administration said the Mudumalai Range Forest Employees’ Cooperative Stores was already operating a fair price shop at Theppakadu that was benefiting 346 families living within the reserve, mostly belonging to tribal communities. The MP, along with the District Collector, Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, had taken note of the demands of Kargudi residents and inaugurated the mobile ration shop, which will visit the village twice a month on pre-scheduled days, the officials said.
Mr. Raja also opened a fair price shop at Padanthorai, built at ₹18 lakh. The shop had been functioning from a rented building previously and the move to the permanent building will benefit 1,143 ration card holders in the area.
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