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Demanding the contiguous removal of a Tasmac store located adjacent schoolhouse and temple, residents of Ayyappa Nayakkanpatti, nether Mannadimangalam Panchayat successful the Vadipatti Panchayat Union staged a protestation successful beforehand of the outlet present connected Saturday.
Protesters said that Tasmac store operates precise close, astir 300 meters away, to the school, autobus stop, and places of worship successful Ayyappa Nayakkanpatti area.
Due to that, women and schoolhouse students passing done the country look changeless disturbances and an unsafe environment.
The residents person been continuously raising demands that the Madurai territory medication indispensable instantly instrumentality the Chief Minister’s bid stating that ‘liquor shops should not beryllium located adjacent schools and places of worship,’ and region the Tasmac store from the area.
A. Velpandi, a CPI(M) functionary, who led the protest, condemned the officials for not taking enactment contempt aggregate complaints against the Tasmac shop.
The protesters besieged the store with achromatic cloths tied implicit their eyes and mouths.
The protesters firmly stated that their conflict would not cease until the Tasmac store is instantly relocated to different place, keeping successful caput the payment of the nationalist and the aboriginal of the students.
Following this, the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) held talks with the protesters.
During the talks, the RDO stated that enactment would beryllium taken to relocate the store wrong a week.
In response, the protesters pointed retired that erstwhile they staged a akin protestation 15 days agone demanding the closure of the shop, they were told that enactment would beryllium taken to relocate it wrong 10 days.
However, it has not been closed yet. Protesters asserted that the agitation would beryllium withdrawn lone if a written statement guaranteeing the closure was given.
Later, pursuing the repeated talks, the protesters stated that if the store is not closed and relocated to different spot by May 31, a monolithic protestation would decidedly beryllium organised by mobilising adjacent much people. Following this assurance, the protestation was temporarily withdrawn.
