A ‘defunct’ tractor pressed into battle against the virus Updated: Updated: May 15, 2021 12:34 IST Having restored the vehicle, the Perumbakkam Village Panchayat is using it to carry out disinfection exercises Share Article AAA Saint Thomas Mount Panchayat Union and Perumbakkam Village Panchayat take up a disinfectant drive at Perumbakkam housing board. Photo: Ravindran R
Having restored the vehicle, the Perumbakkam Village Panchayat is using it to carry out disinfection exercises At one end of the panchayat office premises in Perumbakkam on Medavakkam-Perumbakkam Main Road, a defunct Mahindra tractor had been lying idle for over a decade. Mangled steel chairs and broken wooden tables added to the picture of squalor.