TRICHY: Chief minister M K Stalin visited his native district Tiruvarur on Tuesday for the first time after becoming the chief minister. Stalin went to Tiruvarur by road after landing at Trichy International Airport. Ministers K N Nehru, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, MLAs and collector S Sivarasu welcomed him at the airport.
Tiruvarur collector B Gayatri Krishnan, Tiruvarur DMK district secretary and MLA Poondi K Kalaivanan also received the chief minister at Tiruvarur district border. The chief minister met the farmers at the direct procurement centre (DPC) in Serumangalam and gave audience to their grievances besides inspecting the work.
He visited the memorial of his grandmother Anjugam Ammal at Kattur. Stalin also received petitions from people near the Kalaignar Memorial Museum under construction at Kattur before leaving for his father M Karunanidhi’s ancestral house at Sannadhi street. After a short stay, he left for circuit house along with his son Udhayandhi Stalin and his family.
Stalin will be attending the inauguration of a maternity block at the government medical college hospital in Tiruvarur on Wednesday after which he will be leaving for Karunanidhi’s native village Thirukuvalai. tnn
