
Protest at Mettupalayam for vaccine
The Hindu
Representatives from various political parties, political organisations, trade unions and members of the public staged a protest at Mettupalayam on Tuesday demanding increased allocation of COVID-19 v
Representatives from various political parties, political organisations, trade unions and members of the public staged a protest at Mettupalayam on Tuesday demanding increased allocation of COVID-19 vaccines for the municipality. Around 50 people assembled on the premises of Mettupalayam bus stand adhering to COVID-19 safety norms. S. Basha, organiser of Namma Mettupalayam Social Welfare Committee, said 200 doses were allotted to the Urban Primary Health Centre for the 33 wards in the Mettupalayam Municipality on July 2. “The UPHC got 200 doses on July 2 after a week’s wait. After July 2, the UPHC was not allotted any dose till Tuesday. The issue has been taken to the attention of the District Collector and Deputy Director of Health Service,” he said.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












