PM Hails TN Woman Tender-Coconut Vendor For Donating Rs, 1 Lakh To Govt School
Chennai, Jan 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed a 43-year-old woman tender-coconut vendor in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu for having donated Rs.1 lakh to a government school in Udumalpet in the district.
PM Modi made a specific reference about the woman M.Thaimmal during his monthly Mann Ki Baat address to the Nation and hailed her for donating the amount from her savings to improve the infrastructure facilities in the Chinnaveerapatti Panchayat Union Middle School, where her husband and her two children–son and daughter–studied.
“To do this, you need a very big heart”, Modi said and pointed out that the woman got both her children educated at the same school.
M. Thaiammal visited the school on January 8 and presented the cheque and was felicitated by District Collector S.Vineeth.