Stalin launches 7 ambitious schemes

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin today inaugurated seven ambitious schemes at an event held in the city. He launched a special nutrition programme to benefit over 1.11 lakh children, aged between six months and six years, and over 11,900 infants of up to six months.
He also launched welfare programmes aimed at benefitting mothers of infants of up to six months, school students, persons with disabilities,
transpersons, ‘cleanliness workers’ and others. Over 1.11 lakh children (identified with nutritional deficiency during a survey of 37 lakh across the State) are to be provided with ‘Ready to Use Therapeutic Food’ for 56 days, spanning over eight weeks. Mothers of infants of up to six months would be provided with a kit, which would include iron syrup, dates and nutritional supplements, among other things.At a function held at the Anna Centenary Library, Mr. Stalin also launched the expansion of the flagship Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme to more schools, to additionally benefit over 56,000 students.
In all, over 1.06 lakh students studying up to Class 5 in over 970 government-run schools across the State would benefit from the Breakfast Scheme.
Aiming at ending manual scavenging and the related loss of lives, he said an agreement has been signed between the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) and the Dalit Chamber of Commerce to train ‘cleanliness workers’ into entrepreneurs by imparting skill training to them to operate modern equipment, and to prevent the loss of lives.Initially, this will be implemented in the Greater Chennai Corporation and will be subsequently expanded to other local bodies, the Chief Minister said.Mr.Stalin also laid the foundation stone for construction of 44 hospitals across the State at a total cost of Rs 1,136 crore and handed over appointment orders to 192 candidates, recruited by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission to various posts in different departments.
He also launched the distribution of an enhanced monthly pension for transpersons from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 and the distribution of housing pattas for persons with disabilities.