Puducherry [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The government here is supplying clothing items free of cost to the poor people of the Union Territory in the festival season, an official statement said on Wednesday.A press release from the Lieutenant Governor Secretariat said, "The Department of Adi-Dravidar Welfare and Scheduled Tribes Welfare is implementing a similar scheme to distribute clothing items to each adult member of the Adi-Davidar family irrespective of income criteria on the occasion of Pongal." (ANI)

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