Pensioners grievance meet held at Tiruchy, Thanjavur Collectorates

At the meeting in Thanjavur chaired by District Collector M Govinda Rao, the kin of ex-service personnel Swamimalai Sundara Vimalnathan urged the Collector to recommend the State government to include the life history of Bhagat Singh in textbooks so that children would come to know of such people who involved in the country’s freedom fight. He also urged the State government to name all streets and roads on freedom fighters and requested to soon issue a government order in this regard.

With the present generation not aware of freedom fighters, the State government should initiate steps to create awareness among the present generation, he further said. He also appealed to distribute free bus passes to freedom fighters in Tamil Nadu as it was issued by the Centre fortrain travel.

Meanwhile, in Tiruchy, the Collector said that around 1.10 lakh people receive pension in the district and a fund of Rs 10.42 crore is being distributed to the pensioners each month. He urged the pensioners who are yet to receive the benefits to attend the grievance meet which is organised to redress grievances.