CM M K Stalin honours sanitary worker from Coimbatore district

COIMBATORE: Chief minister M K Stalin on Sunday honoured R Jaganathan, a sanitary worker from Kallapalayam village panchayat in Coimbatore district, for his commendable work during the pandemic.
Jaganathan received an appreciation certificate and a special medal from the chief minister during the 75th Independence Day celebration in Chennai. The 36-year-old sanitary worker, a resident of Ambedkar Street at Kallapalayam, has been working at the Kallapalayam village panchayat for the past 10 years for a monthly consolidated salary of Rs 4,100. The village panchayat covers two villages – Kallapalayam and Chinnakuyili.
“Our village panchayat has many industrial sectors. More than 1,500 people were affected due to the Covid-19 in our village panchayat. Jaganathan visited the Covid-19 affected people’s residences and fumigated them to prevent the spread of the virus. He supplied foods and grocery items to the villagers who were home quarantined. He worked hard for the last one and a half years. He deserves the medal and appreciation certificate,” a ward councillor of Kallapalayam village panchayat Pon Karthikeyan said
Jaganathan told TOI that he was happy to receive the medal and certificate from the chief minister. “It was the first appreciation from the government for my work. I would do my best for the people of my village panchayat,” Jaganathan said.