About 100 families in Guruvarajpet village near Arakkonam were given grocery kits worth ₹1.2 lakh recently. Staff members of Sevalaya, a voluntary organisation, distributed the kits provided by donors and also gave away pamphlets on precautionary measures to be taken against COVID-19. Earlier, grocery kits worth ₹5 lakh were distributed to 275 families in Shanmugapuram, Mylapore, said a release.
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