Women throng collectorates after ₹1K honorarium rumour spreads

HUNDReDS of women across the state thronged their respective district collectorates on Saturday to submit their applications for getting ₹1,000 per month under the ‘Kalaignar Mahalir Urimai Thogai’ scheme, following rumours on social media that a three-day special enrolment camp starting August 17 will be held.

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In Coimbatore, many women, mostly from rural areas, who visited the collectorate were upset after coming to know that it was a rumour.

As more women started pouring in, the officials alerted the police who then deployed their personnel and sent the women back after explaining to them that it was a rumour.