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TN: CM orders to supply vegetables using mobile units at cheaper rates

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CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin has instructed officials to supply vegetables using mobile units in urban areas through Horticulture Department and civic bodies given the soaring prices of essential vegetables in the country.

A meeting was held in presence of M R K Panneerselvam, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu; Shiva Das Meena, Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, and other senior officials in the Secretariat where CM Stalin instructed them to expand the sale of tomatoes in 300 ration shops and asked them to ensure other vegetables are sold as per the demand in uzhavarsandhais (farmers market) across the state. He also advised them to take legal action under the Essential Commodities Act, of 1955, against those who stockpiled certain groceries.

According to an official statement, CM Stalin ordered the officials to make sure that lentils such as tur and urad dal were sold at a lower price through cooperative societies in order to combat the rising prices of these commodities in the open market. 

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