CM Vijay's First Perambur Visit as MLA: New Office, Grievance App, Ration Card Rollout

Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay made his first visit to his home constituency of Perambur as MLA since the 2026 Assembly election on July 13, inaugurating a renovated MLA office at Sharma Nagar First Street in Vyasarpadi.

The upgraded office includes a dedicated workspace for the Chief Minister, CCTV surveillance, a 10-member staff to handle daily public petitions, and an integrated common service centre (E-Sevai Maiyam) to speed up civic requests.

Vijay also launched a new grievance-redressal mobile application, "Jana Sevana Vedhi," which lets residents submit and track complaints related to electricity, water supply, roads, sanitation and welfare schemes online, with officials instructed to take preliminary action within three days.

He went on to inspect a fair price shop in the constituency and launched the statewide rollout of 73,000 new smart ration cards, distributing cards and land ownership pattas to eligible beneficiaries. Food and Civil Supplies Minister P. Venkataramanan said all approved ration cards would be distributed across the state within two weeks.

Officials said the department was also studying iris and facial-recognition authentication, in addition to fingerprint verification, to streamline the distribution of essential commodities.