Minister for Highways and Minor Ports M P Saminathan inaugurating a new fair price shop at Rayapuram in Tirupur

Minister for Highways and Minor Ports M. P. Saminathan inaugurated as many as six fair price shops in the district recently in an attempt to improve speedy distribution of essential commodities.

Official sources said that the outlets would be operated by co-operative societies.

The shops opened, with the number of ration cards attached to it given in the brackets, were located at Kaikatti Pudur (833), VOC Colony in Avinashi (1,000), Rayapuram Main Road in the city (821), Thirumalai Nagar (1,652), A V P Layout in Avinashi (794) and Neruparichal (806).

Bifurcation soon
Collectorate sources said that these shops were set up by regrouping consumers from a total of eight fair price shops which had more than 2,000 ration cards under its control.

Three more Fair Price Shops identified in the city with more than 2,000 cards under its fold would be bifurcated soon.

Sources added that during the next phase, shops with more than 1,500 family cards would be branched out to further ease the congestion.

Collector C. Samayamoorthy, District Supply Officer O. Raman Pillai and Tirupur MLA C Govindasamy, were present at the function.