The Greater Chennai Corporation has allocated ₹7.06 crore to enhance equipment at 353 Amma Unavagams across 15 zones, as per a resolution passed at the General Council meeting presided over by Mayor R. Priya, on Tuesday. Stalin inspected Amma Canteens, and announced, on July 19, 2024, that 388 Amma Canteens in Chennai will receive an upgrade, with a budget allocation …
CHENNAI: The state government has allotted Rs 21 crore to enhance and ensure seamless functioning of the 388 Amma Unavagams across Chennai. After the visit, Stalin, in a post on social media platform X, said rumours were doing the rounds that the Amma Unavagams would be shut after the present DMK government came to power. While initially, the turnover per …
Condemning the opening of a sanitary complex near the Amma Unavagam near the Palayamkottai Market in Tirunelveli, the AIADMK has urged the Corporation to either move it to another location, or maintain it properly. In a petition submitted to Tirunelveli Mayor P.M. Saravanan on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the AIADMK functionaries said the Amma Unavagam, which was started by late …
40-year-old Lakshmi* who heads the women workers in the Amma Unavagam in Vellore and takes care of the books says that corporation officials, who used to be in regular touch with the canteen, have stopped contacting them to find out about grievances. Nowadays, they don’t even pick up our calls when we say that the steamer is not working. When …
