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Acting connected a directive from Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) has unopen down 717 liquor outlets crossed the State. While 610 shops had been closed by June 3, 2026, an further 107 outlets downed their shutters connected June 5, 2026, taking the full fig of closures to 717. The highest fig of shops were closed successful the Madurai portion with 290, followed by the Coimbatore portion with 179. The Chennai and Salem regions saw the closures of 82 each, portion 84 were closed successful the Tiruchi region.
It is learnt that successful respective locations, Tasmac outlets were unopen on with the bars attached to them. A root successful Tasmac said an archetypal database of shops identified for closure underwent further review, pursuing which a revised database was drawn up. “The earlier database was prepared without a elaborate appraisal and adjacent included shops located wrong malls. The squad subsequently carried retired a broad investigation and drew up a revised list,” helium added. The outlets included successful the last database person present been closed.
According to elaborate information shared by K. Vignesh, Minister for Prohibition and Excise, the closure thrust had displaced 3,474 store personnel, including supervisors, salesmen, and adjunct salesmen. Of these, 2,331 person already been redeployed to adjacent shops, portion the remaining volition beryllium allocated to shops successful the coming days.
Tasmac, the currency cattle of the Tamil Nadu government, generates astir ₹150 crore a time done liquor income crossed its outlets.
