Chennai: In a welfare initiative aimed at improving the lives of sanitation workers, the Tamil Nadu government has announced a series of new measures, including a free daily meal scheme.
According to an official release, the Stalin government has approved providing free breakfast, lunch, and dinner to sanitation workers every day.
The scheme will be implemented in the first phase under the Greater Chennai Corporation, with plans to gradually expand it to other urban and local bodies.
The initiative will be overseen by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, which has issued a formal government order to this effect.
The announcement comes as part of a larger set of welfare decisions made during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Stalin in mid-August.
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