CHENNAI: After budget 'Amma' canteens across the state and cheap vegetables sold at government outlets, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will now launch cheap mineral water .

On the lines of Indian Railways, the Tamil Nadu government has announced sale of mineral water, called 'Amma mineral water' by the state transport corporations at Rs 10 per litre.

In a press statement, Jayalalithaa said her government has resolved to reduce the financial burden of the low and middle income families, who are struggling to make ends meet owing to the rise in prices of petroleum products and wrong economic policies of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre. "The bottles will be on sale from September 15, on Anna's (DMK founder C N Annadurai) birthday," she said.

The first mineral water plant will be set up in Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district. The state-owned Road Transport Institute will procure the machines that will produce three lakh litres a day, Jayalalithaa said.

The state will also open nine more mineral water plants across the state. The bottles will be on sale in bus terminals in Chennai, suburban terminals in districts and long route services of the state transport corporations.

Apart from providing subsidized food products, including palmolein, tur dal, urad dal and sugar under its universal public distribution system, the state has begun suppling food at a low price in its 200 budget canteens in Chennai.

On Thursday, Jayalalithaa also launched 31 farm fresh outlets in Chennai to sell vegetables at a minimal rate.