Tamil Nadu to use MLALAD fund for corona relief, says Chief Minister

R. ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, APRIL 7

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has cleared utilisation of Rs. 1-crore from all the MLAs Local Area Development Fund for COVID-19 related relief works here on Tuesday.

In a release issued here today, Palanisamy said that Rs. 1-crore from the MLALADF would directly allocated for purchase of medical equipment to contain the spread of coronavirus across the state.

He however said that the MLAs can continue to allocate Rs. 25 lakhs from theif MLALADF for coronavirus relief work, he said.

The Chief Minister has issued the statement in the wake of the opposition leader M.K. Stalin condemning the state government for rejecting the allocation of Rs. 60 lakh by the Aravakurichi MLA Senthil Balaji to a hospital for buying ventilator in social media.