The district administration of Vellore conducted a grievances redressal meeting for the residents at the Collectorate complex on Monday.
As many as 270 persons submitted petitions to District Collector, A. Shanmuga Sundaram, who ordered for early disbursal of those petitions by the respective officials.
He honoured three students from the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Odugathur, who excelled in javelin throw and proved their prowess in sports in the various events concluded earlier.
He sanctioned ₹25,000 from his special fund for their sports development activities and handed over the cheque to them on Monday.
In a meeting held at Tirupattur Collector office, District Collector M.P. Sivanarul received as many as 582 petitions which included demands for ration card, old-age pension, power connection, issue of patta passbooks, etc.
Similar meeting was held at Ranipet too, where Collector, S. Divyadarshini received 301 petitions from residents who sought her intervention in addressing their grievances with various government agencies.
