TASMAC warehouses trouble residents
12 years, 1 month ago

TASMAC warehouses trouble residents

The Hindu  

The narrow lane that branches off Mettupalayam Road towards east in Kavundampalayam seems to be a peaceful residential location. The lorries take liquor bottles to the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation warehouses there and the small goods carriers carry those bottles from the warehouses to liquor retail outlets in the district. The residents say that they have written to the authorities in the Coimbatore Corporation, Coimbatore City Police, district administration, TASMAC and even the State Government but nothing came from such representations. “The residents even wrote to the Chief Minister’s Special Cell.” To such representations, the TASMAC administration has from time to time said that the proposal to move the warehouses was under active consideration. Alternative path The area representative in the Corporation Council, Ward 44 councillor ‘Venthamarai’ S. Balu says that he is exploring an alternative path for the TASMAC administration to take their vehicles out.

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Tasmac scraps ‘special order’ liquor system
1 week, 6 days ago

Tasmac scraps ‘special order’ liquor system

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation has temporarily scrapped the ‘special order’ system, which allowed Tasmac district managers to place orders from distilleries or breweries based on stock availability in its depots or godowns rather than data from retail outlets on the sale of liquor varieties. Tasmac sources said it has now been decided to procure liquor based on actual …

Booze bumps: Time to turn around TASMAC from its terrible mess
2 years, 8 months ago

Booze bumps: Time to turn around TASMAC from its terrible mess

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST Tamil Nadu has a unique and disturbing relationship with alcohol. When the government took over the liquor trade, it initially opened 6,800 outlets across the State and recruited nearly 30,000 sales personnel on contract on consolidated monthly wages. K. Thiruselvan, general secretary of the CPI ’s Tasmac Oozhiyar Maanila Sammelanam, said: “The sales …

Govt-run liquor shops in non-containment zones to open from May 7 in Tamil Nadu
4 years, 10 months ago

Govt-run liquor shops in non-containment zones to open from May 7 in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

Tamil Nadu has announced that the government-run liquor stores, known as the TASMACs, will open from May 7 and will be allowed to function between 10 am and 5 pm. Only TASMACs in non-containment zones in Tamil Nadu have been allowed to open. As neighbouring states opened their wine shops, people living in the bordering regions of Tamil Nadu walked …

TN liquor policy: Inconsistencies leave public dazed
6 years, 7 months ago

TN liquor policy: Inconsistencies leave public dazed

Deccan Chronicle  

Thanjavur: A bunch of people wait anxiously for the shops to open. As soon as the State-run Tasmac wine shops opened by noon at Medical college road, new bus stand and near Cauvery super market at Thanjavur, they throng the shop like a swarm of bees to vie with each other to get the brand they want. On April 29, …

Chennai: Women protest against Tasmac shop in housing complex
7 years, 10 months ago

Chennai: Women protest against Tasmac shop in housing complex

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: A month after the Supreme Court announced a ban on liquor sale on highways, widespread anti-liquor protests are intensifying in the city and its suburbs, due to the relocation of tasmac shops to residential localities. After Padur, Perumbakkam and Kundrathur, it’s the turn of Annanur residents to threaten and insist the government to shutter down a liquor shop relocated …

TASMAC employees take to the streets
8 years, 1 month ago

TASMAC employees take to the streets

The Hindu  

Employees of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited have taken to the streets and announced a series of protests in the coming days, after the State government ordered closure of 500 more liquor shops. On Wednesday, more than 500 TASMAC employees affiliated to TASMAC Employees’ Association staged a demonstration in front of the Government Guest House in Chepauk. The …

Agitation over relocated Tasmac shops continues
11 years, 9 months ago

Agitation over relocated Tasmac shops continues

The Hindu  

The shifting of Tasmac outlets, which were functioning along the highways, is increasingly causing resentment among the public as some of these shops have been relocated in residential localities. On Monday, a group of residents from Melakottaiyur village panchayat, in Tiruporur panchayat union, presented a memorandum to the district administration demanding the shop opened by Tasmac at Nellikuppam Road in …

Residents oppose relocation of liquor outlet
12 years, 5 months ago

Residents oppose relocation of liquor outlet

The Hindu  

Residents of Indira Nagar and host of gated communities in Nanjundapuram on Wednesday opposed the shifting of a TASMAC-run liquor outlet to their area. Tuesday’s letter from the TASMAC administration came with months of a the district manager, TASMAC, Coimbatore, stating in a reply to a letter from the Chief Minister’s special cell that there was no proposal to shift …

Fleecing at TASMAC outlets hits consumers
12 years, 8 months ago

Fleecing at TASMAC outlets hits consumers

The Hindu  

Liquor lovers who approach Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation outlets are getting a high even before consuming liquor nowadays. These outlets enjoy monopoly status and rarely sell the product at the Maximum Retail Price printed on the bottle, rues tipplers. There were incidents of consumers forcing shops to shut and hurling stones at shop assistants.Excessive charging is reported at outlets …

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