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Alleging that cause civilization had taken heavy roots successful Tamil Nadu implicit the past fewer years, Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) said the erstwhile authorities had failed to instrumentality constructive enactment to curb the menace.
“The superior origin of the breakdown of instrumentality and bid successful Tamil Nadu has been the wide availability of drugs. This authorities volition enactment diligently to make a drug-free Tamil Nadu. To this end, the authorities has ordered the enactment of a Special Drug Prevention Force successful each district. It is taking each indispensable measures to wholly eradicate the question and merchantability of drugs,” helium said successful his customary code to the Assembly, which began with the rendering of Tamil Thai Vaazhthu.
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Before entering the House, members of the DMK, the main Opposition party, raised slogans urging Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to interruption his soundlessness connected the “poor” law-and-order concern successful the State.
TASMAC closures
The Governor said the authorities was profoundly acrophobic astir nationalist payment and had closed 717 retail liquor outlets located wrong 500 metres of places of worship, acquisition institutions, and autobus stands soon aft assuming office.
“Stringent rules volition beryllium framed and enforced to wholly eradicate the question of illicit liquor and the amerciable merchantability of liquor, portion ensuring tighter regularisation of the sector. Through these measures, malpractices successful excise medication and liquor organisation volition beryllium curbed, and the socio-economic situation of the State volition beryllium restored,” helium said.
