Pongal gift: Token distribution begins, many visit shops
Madurai: 27.12.2020
Distribution of tokens for receiving the Pongal gift announced by the government began on Saturday across the state. Though it was announced that the token would be supplied at the doorsteps, many came to the shops to receive it. The pongal hamper includes a cash gift of ₹2,500, a kilogram each of raw rice and jaggery, 20 grams each of cashew nut and raisins, five grams of cardamom and a whole sugarcane. V Ganeswari of Anna Nagar in Madurai said she rushed to her ration shop at Vandiyur where youngsters handed over a token. “I did not buy this month’s rations, but the shopkeeper told me that it would be just tokens from today and ration would not be given this month,’’ she said. TNN
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