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Ration Shops Ordered to Ensure Cleanliness: Minister Gandhiraj Issues Strict Directives!
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News18•01-10-2026, 22:06
Ration Shops Ordered to Ensure Cleanliness: Minister Gandhiraj Issues Strict Directives!
- •Cooperative Minister V. Gandhiraj has ordered officials to ensure cleanliness and hygiene in ration shops.
- •All full-time and part-time cooperative fair price shops in Tamil Nadu must be thoroughly cleaned by October 1, 2026.
- •All areas of the shops, including sales area, storage room, shelves, floor, walls, doors, windows, and exterior, must be cleaned.
- •Cleaning activities should not affect the daily distribution of essential commodities to the public.
- •Special monitoring committees have been formed for each block to intensively monitor these activities and upload before & after photos.
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Cooperative Minister V. Gandhiraj ordered that all full-time and part-time cooperative fair price shops in Tamil Nadu must be thoroughly cleaned and properly maintained to ensure hygiene and the safe storage of essential commodities.
All fair price shops were ordered to be thoroughly cleaned by October 1, 2026, and continuously maintained in a clean and hygienic manner thereafter.
Special monitoring committees consisting of a cooperative sub-registrar and a senior inspector were formed for each block to visit shops in person, upload before-and-after photographs and certificates online, and conduct surprise inspections.
