Chandigarh, Dec. 26 -- With an objective to provide affordable essential items to people in need while promoting the concept of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (RRR), the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) on Thursday opened a 'One Rupee Store' at Mahila Bhawan, Sector 38C for Safaikarmacharis.

The store was inaugurated by mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla, in the presence of special commissioner Pradeep Kumar, Dr Inderdeep Kaur, medical officer of health, senior officers of the Chandigarh MC, and prominent residents of the ward.

Addressing the gathering, mayor Babla stated that the MC's permanent RRR Centre at Sector 17 has received an overwhelming response from citizens over the past year, which has enabled the corporation to expand this initiat...