CM Stalin to launch ‘Ungaludan Stalin' aimed at delivering govt services at doorstep
He is reaching Chidambaram by train on Tuesday morning and this is the second time that he travels by train on an official engagement.
The camps will be held in both rural and urban areas from July 15 to November. This initiative aims to bring government services and welfare schemes directly to the people. While 3,768 camps will be conducted in urban centres, 6,232 will be held in the rural hinterland. A total of 43 services from 13 Departments will be provided in the urban areas, it will be 46 services from 15 departments in the rural areas. All applications received will be processed and action taken within 45 days.
Nearly one lakh trained volunteers have started visiting each household to create awareness about the massive initiative, which brings the administration closer to the people and inform about the nearest location of the camp in the respective areas.
The volunteers' role included explaining the various government services on offer and the criteria to avail them and the documents required to be submitted. Booklets containing the information have also been distributed for a wider reach.
Eligible women left out of the 'Kalaignar Urimai Thogai', the Rs 1,000 for women homemakers, have been asked to submit their applications. The applications are available at these camps.
Explaining the programme, Special Officer for Various Public Grievances Redressal Schemes P Amudha, Additional Chief Secretary told the media in Chennai that each camp will be held for four days a week and cover 10,000 people. A help and facilitation centre with 100 personnel with the contact number 1100 has been set up to help the people.
The opposition AIADMK has criticised the programme as a ploy by the ruling DMK to secure the phone numbers of the electorate ahead of the 2026 assembly election.
'It is an election drama aimed at voter outreach. The real objective is to collect voter information in the guise of receiving petitions,' alleged AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, adding, 'Government officials are distributing forms for this scheme to every household. The phone numbers collected are handed to the DMK's IT Wing for use to reach out to the voters at the time of polling.'
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