CM Vijay inaugurates distribution of cakes, greeting cards and sweet pongal to children

13 Nov 2026, 05:32 PM 2 min read

Chennai Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Friday (November 13, 2026) inaugurated the distribution of cakes and greeting cards to children studying in government and government-aided schools, and sweet pongal to children attending anganwadi centres to mark Children’s Day, celebrated on November 14. As many as 61,84,566 beneficiaries, comprising students, teachers and non-teaching staff of government and government-aided primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools, received the cakes at a total cost of ₹9.27 crore.

Sweet pongal was distributed to 11,11,022 children aged between two and six, who are receiving pre-school education at anganwadi centres across the State. An official press release said Mr. Vijay visited the Chennai Middle School in his Assembly constituency of Perambur and distributed cakes and greeting cards to 537 students (from LKG to Class VIII), and sweet pongal to 40 children attending anganwadi centres functioning within the premises.

He also interacted with the students and the staff. In Mayiladuthurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Madurai, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, the Nilgiris, Erode, Namakkal, and Karur, students were provided two packets of cake each, weighing 45 grams. In the remaining districts, each student received a 45-gram packet of cake. The distribution was carried out in coordination with the Chief Educational Officers, District Educational Officers, Block Educational Officers and Regional Managers of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation.

The quality of the cakes was assessed by the Food Safety Department before they were distributed to schools. Mr. Vijay was accompanied by Minister for School Education, Tamil Development, Information and Publicity A. Rajmohan, Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment K. Jagadeeswari, Minister for Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Srinath, MLAs M.R. Pallavi and Revanth Charan, Chief Secretary M.

Sai Kumar, IAS officers and other officials.