TN CM hands over keys of vehicles to HR & CE staff

Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments HR CE department inducted 69 new vehicles to be used by its senior officials with Chief Minister M K Stalin handing over the keys of the vehicles here on Monday.The vehicles were procured at a cost of Rs 5.08 crore and the move gives effect to the government announcement made in the Assembly to provide the vehicles to HR CE department.

Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) department inducted 69 new vehicles to be used by its senior officials with Chief Minister M K Stalin handing over the keys of the vehicles here on Monday.

The vehicles were procured at a cost of Rs 5.08 crore and the move gives effect to the government announcement made in the Assembly to provide the vehicles to HR & CE department. ''The government during the demand for grants for the department for 2021-22 fiscal announced to provide 108 vehicles at a cost of Rs 8 crore. About 69 vehicles have been purchased in the first phase for Rs 5.08 crore,'' an official release here said.

As a token gesture, Stalin handed over the keys to two drivers at a function held at the Secretariat here in the presence of HR & CE Minister P K Sekar Babu. Tourism, Culture and HR & CE Principal Secretary B Chandra Mohan, HR & CE Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran and Additional Commissioner R Kannan were among the officials who were present on the occasion.

Since the DMK government took over in May 2021, it has launched numerous initiatives through the HR & CE department including launching round-the-clock free annadhanam scheme at five temples across the state, renovating 100 temples, tanks and gardens, besides granting permission to take up renovation at 1,000 temples, the release added.