Barricades installed on both sides of the road ahead of Chief Minister’s visit to Perundurai in Erode district on Monday. | Photo Credit: M. GOVARTHAN Chief Minister C.
Joseph Vijay will distribute welfare assistance worth ₹1,110 crore to 4,000 women’s self-help groups from 13 districts at Perundurai in Erode district on Tuesday (November 3). The groups are from Erode, Tiruppur, Karur, Salem, Namakkal and Coimbatore, among other districts.The programme, originally scheduled to be held at the auditorium of Kongu Engineering College in Perundurai, has been shifted at short notice.
It will now be held at Lakshmi Narayana Marriage Hall at Kanjikovil Pirivu in Perundurai. The change of venue was announced on Monday.Mr.
Vijay will arrive at Coimbatore International Airport from Chennai by a special aircraft on Tuesday morning and proceed to Perundurai by road. A roadshow has been planned along the route.
The roadshow will begin at Chengapalli flyover on the Kochi–Salem National Highway (NH 544), where party functionaries will receive him. It will cover Perundurai bypass junction, SIPCOT roundabout, the old and new bus stand roundabouts, Government Hospital roundabout and Panickampalayam.Iron barricades have been placed along both sides of a 10-km stretch to regulate the crowds expected to gather along the route.
Around 4,500 police personnel will be deployed between the airport and the venue as part of the security arrangements.District Collector S. Kandasamy has prohibited drone operations within a two-km radius of the venue.
After distributing the assistance, Mr. Vijay will return to Coimbatore by road and fly to Chennai.This will be Mr.
Vijay’s first visit to Erode district as Chief Minister. He had earlier addressed an Assembly election campaign meeting at Vijayamangalam near Perundurai, which drew thousands of people.
Published - November 02, 2026 08:20 pm IST