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CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday told the Madras High Court that preliminary tests of samples of illicit arrack, consumed by the victims of Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, showed that they had 8.6% to 29.7% methanol composition. A status report, filed by Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena through Additional Advocate General J Ravindran before the first bench of Acting CJ …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy not a sequel to 2023 tragedies in Villupuram and Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 told the Madras High Court that the 2024 Kallakurichi hooch tragedy cannot be considered as a sequel to the 2023 hooch tragedies at Marakkanam in Villupuram district and at Chithamur in Chengalpattu district, since the source and quantum of methanol were different. In a status report filed before the first Division …

Tamil Nadu CM: Will amend prohibition act to curb manufacture, sale of arrack

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin announced on Friday that the ruling DMK will amend the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937, to ensure stringent punishment for manufacturing and selling illicit liquor, even as the toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rose to 65 within a week. “I would like to inform this House that a bill to amend the Tamil …

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Toddy tapping I write this letter as a retired Dean of Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Tamil Nadu. Dr. Arunachalam, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu The state of the nation On going through newspapers and watching television, one is left with the indelible impression that we are fast moving away from a civil society. Prasad, Chennai Epic upset With their brand of attacking …

The 22 deaths that occurred in two places in coastal Tamil Nadu from a hooch tragedy last week were avoidable. The cause is, of course, people looking for a ‘kick’ through cheaper liquor than is available aplenty in the state where it flows like water. Tamil Nadu is not the only state that suffers from compulsive drinkers looking for a …

Tamil Nadu Liquor

Methanol meant for industrial use was consumed by the victims in the liquor tragedy that has so far claimed 22 lives in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts, the police have said. As the sustained drive against the manufacture and sale of illicit arrack in Tamil Nadu stamped out the brew, the arrack sellers procured methanol from factories and sold it on, …

15 dead and 40 hospitalised after consuming illicit arrack in Tamil Nadu

Published : May 15, 2023 18:19 IST - 2 MINS READ At least 15 people died and more than 40 were admitted to hospitals in Villupuram and Puducherry on May 14-15 after consuming illicit arrack in villages in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts in Tamil Nadu. Five individuals from the same family, including a woman, from Ekkiyarkuppam village near Marakkanam in …

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | With four more deaths at Marakkanam and Maduranthakam, toll rises to 17

The toll in the twin spurious liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu rose to 17 on Monday, May 15, 2023. In the Marakkanam incident, the toll increased to 12, with the death of three more victims, who were undergoing treatment at the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital. Official sources said 37 persons were undergoing treatment in Villupuram, three at Jawaharlal …