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Special Correspondent
SALEM: Collector A. Sukumaran ordered the immediate sanction of old-age pension to a 65-year-old man of Katchupalli village in Edapadi block while participating in the special grievances day meeting at Katchupallai on Wednesday. The Collector received an application from Vaiyapuri stating that he was an orphan and had no means to sustain himself. The Collector after verifying the bona fide of his claims, immediately ordered the issue of pension to the old man. He said the district administration would take necessary steps to address the problems of old people and told the officials to give importance to their pleas. He also spoke about various development works that were being undertaken in the villages in the Edapadi block. In Konkanapuram union, 262 works at a cost of Rs. 68.17 lakhs had been completed which included concrete roads, streetlights, group houses, houses for rural poor, drainage facilities and minor irrigation assets. Under the Our Village scheme, 19 works at an estimated cost of Rs. 5.80 lakhs, including two concrete roads, group houses and kutcha houses, had been completed in Katchupalli village. Apart from that, the district administration had got possession of a piece of land valued at Rs. 11 lakhs at the Avaniperur village after a prolonged legal battle. The land will be distributed to landless poor. 140 petitions were received in the meeting.
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