Madurai inked on postal department’s picture postcards
The Hindu
An inaugural pack of 25 released to mark Postal Week celebrations
Madurai
Select drawings of artist Manohar Devadoss, a Padmashri awardee, that depict the beguiling charm of Madurai of the 1950s have found a place of pride in the postal department’s picture postcards.
A pack of 25 postcards imprinted with his ink drawings of the city’s prominent landmarks and landscape was released by the Postmaster General (Southern Region) G. Natarajan in the presence of Chairman Emeritus of Aravind Eye Hospital P. Namperumalsamy. The event was held here on Tuesday as part of Postal Week Celebrations from October 11 to 17.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists