Excess kerosene would be supplied till March in TN district

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 15:35 [IST]

Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, Mar 13 (UNI) The Kancheepuram District Collector Pradeep Yadav today said an extra litre kerosene would be supplied to the family ration card holders for the month of March, 2007.

In a statement here Mr Yadav said the facility would be extended to the card holders till the end of the March in the entire district under the Public Distribution Scheme(PDS).

UNI

Topics: ADMINISTRATION-TN-KEROSENE

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