After residents’ petition to Collector, six TASMAC outlets in Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur to be relocated

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A Tasmac outlet connected  the work  lane adjacent   Chennai-Bengaluru Highway successful  Vellore.

A Tasmac outlet connected the work lane adjacent Chennai-Bengaluru Highway successful Vellore. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The District Collector successful Vellore, Ranipet, and Tirupattur has directed officials of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) to relocate six outlets aft residents complained astir implicit nationalist nuisance resulting from these outlets.

Tasmac officials said that 2 outlets are located successful Kagithapattarai adjacent the Office of the Collectorate that comes wrong Vellore Corporation. They are located connected the work lane of Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48).

The agelong has besides go accident-prone owed to question of tipplers during unreserved hour. “Plan to relocate these outlets is simply a invited measure. Residents, including students and bureau goers, find it hard to usage the stretches wherever these outlets are located,” said G. Bindu, a resident.

Other outlets identified for relocation are operating astatine Tiruvalam colony adjacent Katpadi connected EB Road junction, 1 successful Oddapatti colony adjacent Jolarpet municipality successful Tirupattur and 1 connected Ambur - Pernambut Main Road.

In Ranipet, the existing outlet successful Palari colony adjacent Walajah municipality volition besides beryllium relocated.

After a consultative gathering with section constabulary and gross officials connected alternate accommodation of identified outlets by the District Collector, these outlets volition beryllium shifted. Paperwork for the relocation has begun. “Identification of rented accomodation for these outlets successful isolated areas are being done for its imperishable relocation. The relocation of the outlets volition beryllium completed successful a month’s time,” S. Sathiyam Ram, District Manager, Tasmac (Vellore), told The Hindu.

At present, these districts unneurotic person a full of 385 outlets, crossed concern towns similar Ranipet, Vaniyambadi and Ambur and farming areas similar Cheyyar, Arani, and Kalasapakkam successful Tiruvannamalai. Of this, Tiruvannamalai territory has the highest fig of outlets (206), followed by Ranipet (83), Vellore (60) and Tirupattur (36).

Residents said that the six identified outlets are closed to arterial stretches, schools and authorities offices wherever question of radical has been regular. They said that determination were respective caller incidents adjacent the outlets wherever inebriated persons were caught engaging successful petty fights with different residents.

They besides said that drunk radical were recovered lying connected the carriageway, affecting postulation question connected the route, particularly on the work lane of Chennai - Bengaluru Highway astatine Kagithapattarai successful Vellore.

Published - June 16, 2026 11:50 p.m. IST

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