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Responding to PMK person Anbumani Ramdoss’ assertion that lone 150 Tasmac outlets of the 717, which were ordered to beryllium closed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, had really been shut, Minister for Prohibition and Excise K. Vignesh said connected Saturday that 436 Tasmac outlets had been closed arsenic of Saturday (May 23, 2026).
He held a reappraisal gathering successful Chennai connected the closure of Tasmac outlets wrong 500 metres of places of worship, acquisition institutions, and autobus stands. According to an authoritative release, 436 Tasmac outlets and bars attached to them had been closed truthful far. The Minister besides instructed officials to instrumentality swift enactment to adjacent the remaining outlets.
To guarantee the payment of employees of the outlets that were closed, Mr. Vignesh instructed officials to redeploy them to adjacent Tasmac outlets, the merchandise said. Further, the Minister instructed officials to guarantee that each Tasmac outlets and the attached bars were closed by 10 p.m. and to instrumentality due enactment against those selling overpriced liquor.
Anbumani’s claim
Earlier successful the day, Dr. Anbumani, successful a statement, claimed that lone 150 Tasmac shops of the 717 ordered for closure had been unopen and urged officials to instantly instrumentality the Government Order (G.O.).
He alleged that Tasmac officials were acting against the tone of the G.O. by seeking further verification connected whether outlets fell wrong the prohibited 500-m radius. He added that the shops had already been identified aft owed verification and urged officials not to hold the implementation.
