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Residents stage road roko for freebies

Updated - May 29, 2015 05:59 am IST

Published - May 29, 2015 12:00 am IST - Tiruvannamalai:

A section of public belonging to Keel Kovalaivedu village near Vandavasi staged a road roko demanding authorities to include their names in the list of beneficiaries to receive free fan-mixie-grinder provided by the Tamil Nadu government. Sources said that there are 740 ration card holders in the village and only 670 are selected for receiving the freebies set to be distributed.

Hence people who thought their names were unlikely in the list blocked the Arani-Vandavasi Road for about an hour. Tahsildar S. Arputham and DSP V. Mahendran convinced the protesters to give up the road roko.

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