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The Hindu
07-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
PDS workers want ration shops under single department
Demanding that the Public Distribution System (PDS) shops be brought under a single department, the Tamil Nadu Government Fair Price Shops Employees Union (TNGFSEU) on Monday staged a sit-in protest outside the Collector office here on Monday. As the ration shops were administered by different departments such as Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection and Revenue, any plea from the workers was not reaching the officials concerned, said D. Chelladurai, State deputy president, TNGFSEU. 'If only one department administers the shops, our basic demands such as decent pay and enhanced facilities could be represented through a single window. In the current situation, due to several roadblocks in accessing the department concerned, many of our demands are not even taken into consideration by the government,' he added. The protestors also demanded equal pay for all workers of ration shops. While Tamil Nadu Civil Service Corporation (TNCSC) runs about 3,500 ration shops, the Co-operative Department runs close to 32,000 shops, the eligibility criteria for workers of the ration shops is grade 12. In this situation, the workers falling under TNCSC were paid about ₹40,000 per month, and those under the Co-operative Department only about ₹20,000, he said. Condemning the difference in pay as discriminatory, he said everyone should be brought under the same pay scale. Another demand was to link the TNCSC warehouses measuring device with the ration shops billing system. By bringing them together through a system, the discrepancies in difference of stock in the warehouses and shops could be resolved. Also, the Point of Sale (POS) machines used at ration shops to record the fingerprints of the consumer, due to high accuracy, were rejecting users with even a slight deviation of fingerprints, Mr. Chelladurai said. 'For many people, their fingerprints could fade away due nature of their work. So, in such cases, high accuracy machines could reject their fingerprints. As this has increased in recent days, the workers face delays in processing the bills and selling the products,' he further said. When the accuracy level was reduced to about 40%, with the linkage of Aadhar card to the system, the users could be identified with whatever fingerprints they had, he added.
Time of India
06-06-2025
- Time of India
Chennai man arrested for stealing cash, jewellery from Coimbatore house
COIMBATORE: The Kuniyamuthur police in Coimbatore city have arrested a man on charges of stealing Rs 26.50 lakh in cash and 43 sovereigns of gold ornaments from a house here. The police recovered the cash and jewellery from him. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The arrested man has been identified as S Suresh, 33, of Villivakkam in Chennai. He was residing with his wife and two children at Thiruvellavayil near Meenjur in Tiruvallur district. Police said Suresh was engaged in fabrication and plumbing work at two women's hostels in Egmore in Chennai. The hostels were run by N Chelladurai, 67, and his son S Vivekananthan, 37, who hailed from Kuniyamuthur in Coimbatore city. Chelladurai's parents stay at Govt Officers Colony at Kuniyamuthur in Coimbatore. The father-son duo kept Rs 42 lakh in cash and 43 sovereigns of gold ornaments in a steel bureau at their residence at Kuniyamuthur. They constructed a shed at their residence recently. The work was done by Suresh. 'Suresh visited the house at Kuniyamuthur with his family on May 2 and May 14 and stayed there for two days. After that, they left for Chennai. Chelladurai's family members found Rs 26.5 lakh in cash and jewellery missing. Both the father and the son lodged two separate complaints against Suresh and claimed that apart from money, he took away 43 sovereigns of gold ornaments,' said an official. Kuniyamuthur investigation wing police inspector Kasthuri and team registered two FIRs against Suresh on June 3 and began an inquiry. The police arrested Suresh on Thursday and recovered the cash and gold ornaments from him. 'He kept the gold ornaments and cash inside a gunny bag and left them in a multipurpose vehicle. However, we managed to trace the stolen cash and gold ornaments and seized them,' said inspector Kasthuri. He was remanded in judicial custody on Friday.
New Indian Express
05-06-2025
- New Indian Express
Fisher sleeping on sandbar killed by wild jumbo in Coimbatore's Bhavani Sagar backwaters
COIMBATORE: A 49-year-old fisherman sleeping on a sandbar was trampled to death by an elephant in the Bhavani Sagar backwaters at Mayilmokkai near the Sirumugai forest late on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as A George, alias Chelladurai of Kothamangalam village near Sathyamangalam. He had been fishing in Bhavani Sagar backwaters and staying in a temporary shed on the sandbar. After placing a net with the help of three other fishermen, all of them fell asleep when the tusker managed to cross the river and trampled the man to death. An official from Sirumugai forest range said, 'Others noticed the elephant only after it trampled George. The tusker crossed the river as there was only knee-deep water. The incident happened around 1 am on Wednesday.' Following the incident, Sirumugai forest range officials asked fishermen to avoid sleeping on the sandbar and vacate the area as a precautionary measure. 'This is the first time that the animal has trampled a human by venturing into river waters. We are keeping a close watch on the animal,' the official said. The body was handed over to his wife G Asanthamery. 'We gave Rs 50,000 as preliminary compensation to the deceased's wife and the remaining Rs 9.5 lakh would be given to them once the family members submit the death certificate and medical records,' the official added.
